Morris, N;
(2020)
Serrano Communities and Subaltern Negotiation Strategies: The Local Politics of Opium Production in Mexico, 1940–2020.
The Social History of Alcohol and Drugs
, 34
(1)
pp. 48-81.
10.1086/707589.
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Abstract
This article examines why Mexican peasants cultivate opium poppies, and argues that their cultural, political, and economic motivations for engaging in this illicit activity suggest an affinity with Alan Knight’s typology of the serrano peasant. Building on this comparison, I identify three strategies—“legalism,” “weapons of the weak,” and the threat or use of violence—that poppy farmers use to mitigate the dangers of participation in the drug trade, including attacks by state forces and various criminal organizations. The article concludes with a discussion of the ways poppy farmers have historically employed these strategies, and the factors that determine when and where they are used.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Serrano Communities and Subaltern Negotiation Strategies: The Local Politics of Opium Production in Mexico, 1940–2020 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1086/707589 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/707589 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Dept of History |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10100072 |
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