Exit Wounds by Ieva Jusionyte

Exit Wounds by Ieva Jusionyte

"Traces the deadly pipeline of assault weapons into the hands of organized crime."―Rolling Stone

MacArthur "Genius" Fellow Ieva Jusionyte turns the familiar border narrative upside down, following American guns as they move south into Mexico—and revealing how their violence ricochets back across the border.

 American guns have entangled the lives of people on both sides of the US-Mexico border in a vicious circle of violence. After treating wounded migrants and refugees seeking safety in the United States, anthropologist Ieva Jusionyte boldly embarked on a journey in the opposite direction—following the guns from dealers in Arizona and Texas to crime scenes in Mexico.
 
An expert work of narrative nonfiction, Exit Wounds provides a rare, intimate look into the world of firearms trafficking and urges us to understand the effects of lax US gun laws abroad. Jusionyte masterfully weaves together the gripping stories of people who live and work with guns north and south of the border: a Mexican businessman who smuggles guns for protection, a teenage girl turned trained assassin, two US federal agents trying to stop gun traffickers, and a journalist who risks his life to report on organized crime. Based on years of fieldwork, Exit Wounds expands current debates about guns in America, grappling with US complicity in violence on both sides of the border.

"An extraordinarily brave researcher, [Jusionyte] spent years getting to know gun runners, members of critical gangs, law enforcement officials on both sides of the border, and the journalists and community members who have witnessed the terrible toll of US.-made guns in Mexico. . . . In her epilogue, Jusionyte makes suggestions for enlightened policies to mitigate the plague of gun violence in Mexico and the ‘border crisis’ caused by people fleeing repression and extortion." * The Progressive *
"It is a must-read in a conversation that is surely to continue heating up." * The New Abnormal *

Ieva Jusionyte is an anthropologist and associate professor at Brown University. A former paramedic and Harvard Radcliffe and Fulbright fellow, she is the author of the award-winning Threshold: Emergency Responders on the US-Mexico Border.

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ISBN 13	9780520395954
ISBN 10	0520395956
Title	Exit Wounds
Author	Ieva Jusionyte
Series	California Series In Public Anthropology
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	University of California Press
Year published	2024-04-16
Number of pages	348
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