{"product_id":"9781477320501-love-in-the-drug-war","title":"Love in the Drug War","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSelling Sex and Finding Jesus on the Mexico-US Border. A nuanced exploration of life in la zona, the prostitution zone in the border town of Reynosa, Mexico, where narcos, sex workers, and missionaries are entangled in revelatory relationships of love and obligation. \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2020 — Ruth Benedict Prize – Association for Queer Anthropology, American Anthropological Association\u003cbr\u003e 2020 — Gloria E. Anzaldúa Book Prize – National Women’s Studies Association\u003cbr\u003e 2020 — Honorable Mention, Sara A. Whaley Book Prize\u003cbr\u003e 2021 — Best Book in Social Sciences – Mexico Section, Latin American Studies Association (LASA)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Sex, drugs, religion, and love are potent combinations in \u003ci\u003ela zona\u003c\/i\u003e, a regulated prostitution zone in the city of Reynosa, across the border from Hidalgo, Texas. During the years 2008 and 2009, a time of intense drug violence, Sarah Luna met and built relationships with two kinds of migrants, women who moved from rural Mexico to Reynosa to become sex workers and American missionaries who moved from the United States to forge a fellowship with those workers. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Luna examines the entanglements, both intimate and financial, that define their lives. Using the concept of \u003ci\u003eobligar\u003c\/i\u003e, she delves into the connections that tie sex workers to their families, their clients, their pimps, the missionaries, and the drug dealers—and to the guilt, power, and comfort of faith. \u003ci\u003eLove in the Drug War\u003c\/i\u003e scrutinizes not only \u003ci\u003ela zona\u003c\/i\u003e and the people who work to survive there, but also Reynosa itself—including the influences of the United States—adding nuance and new understanding to the current Mexico-US border crisis. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40860364472417,"sku":"9781477320501","price":25.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/483b3340426dcf43fe9ff607f53b54c3.png?v=1686237848","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781477320501-love-in-the-drug-war","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}