NARCOMEDIA: Latinidad, Drug Economies, and the Cultural Politics of the Kingpin

Presented by College of Arts and Letters

This talk features Jason Ruiz, an associate professor in the Department of American Studies at the University of Notre Dame. Ruiz covers his research which includes discussing Latinos, the drug trade, and the media representation of these topics.

About the Series:

Saturday Scholars: A different game plan for autumn weekends.
You are invited to join in discussion with Notre Dame’s most engaging faculty on some of the most pressing and fascinating issues of our times.

Each lecture and Q&A is presented in the Snite Museum’s Annenberg Auditorium on a home football game Saturday. All lectures are free and open to the public.

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October 15, 2016

Health and SocietyAmerican StudiesCollege of Arts and LettersInstitute for Latino StudiesJason Ruiz

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