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Mexico: The Binary Narrative of the Performance of Self-Defense Groups in Tierra Caliente Michoacán

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  • Miguel à ngel Vite Pérez

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Social symbolic action is interpreted through binary narrative as a discourse constructed by motives, relationships, and institutions. This discourse is based on a distinction between the pure and the impure, the good and the bad, and the sacred and the profane, and it is linked with the cultural imaginary that lends a particular meaning to social acts. In this case, the analysis of the binary narrative of self-defense groups in Tierra Caliente (Michoacán) allowed interpretations to be made regarding regional armed social action in a national setting, shaped by the government discourse that blames organized crime for national public insecurity.

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  • Miguel à ngel Vite Pérez, 2018. "Mexico: The Binary Narrative of the Performance of Self-Defense Groups in Tierra Caliente Michoacán," SAGE Open, , vol. 8(4), pages 21582440188, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:sagope:v:8:y:2018:i:4:p:2158244018802884
    DOI: 10.1177/2158244018802884
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