{"product_id":"pablo-escobar-and-colombian-narcoculture-9781683404866","title":"Pablo Escobar and Colombian Narcoculture","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow the legacy of Pablo Escobar inspired the development of narcoculture in Colombia and around the world \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn\u003cbr\u003e the years since his death in 1993, Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar \u003cbr\u003ehas become a globally recognized symbol of crime, wealth, power, and \u003cbr\u003emasculinity. In this long-overdue exploration of Escobar's impact on \u003cbr\u003epopular culture, Aldona Bialowas Pobutsky shows how his legacy inspired \u003cbr\u003ethe development of \u003cem\u003enarcoculture\u003c\/em\u003e--television, music, literature, and fashion representing the drug-trafficking lifestyle--in Colombia and around the world. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePobutsky\u003cbr\u003e looks at the ways the \"Escobar brand\" surfaces in bars, restaurants, \u003cbr\u003eand clothing lines; in Colombia's tourist industry; and in \u003cem\u003etelenovelas\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cbr\u003e documentaries, and narco memoirs about his life, which in turn have \u003cbr\u003egenerated popular interest in other drug traffickers such as Griselda \u003cbr\u003eBlanco and Miami's \"cocaine cowboys.\" Pobutsky illustrates how the \u003cbr\u003eColombian state strives to erase his memory while Escobar's notoriety \u003cbr\u003eonly continues to increase in popular culture through the transnational \u003cbr\u003emedia. She argues that the image of Escobar is inextricably linked to \u003cbr\u003eColombia's internal tensions in the areas of cocaine politics, gender \u003cbr\u003erelations, class divisions, and political corruption and that his \u003cbr\u003e\"brand\" perpetuates the country's reputation as a center of organized \u003cbr\u003ecrime, to the dismay of the Colombian people. This book is a fascinating\u003cbr\u003e study of how the world perceives Colombia and how Colombia's citizens \u003cbr\u003eunderstand their nation's past and present. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA\u003cbr\u003e volume in the series Reframing Media, Technology, and Culture in \u003cbr\u003eLatin\/o America, edited by H?ctor Fern?ndez L'Hoeste and Juan Carlos \u003cbr\u003eRodr?guez\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Florida Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/18\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781683404866\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 306\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d","brand":"Aldona Bialowas Pobutsky","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44978691408053,"sku":"9781683404866","price":23.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_64122006-04bd-45b7-8323-bd5c415c2fd8.jpg?v=1735064208","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/pablo-escobar-and-colombian-narcoculture-9781683404866","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}