Heroic scripts
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چکیده
In 2010, Christopher “Dudus” Coke, one of Jamaica’s most powerful “dons”, was arrested and extradited to the United States, where he is currently serving a sentence 23 years in federal prison for arms drugs trafficking. The myth surrounding Dudus has been scripted re-scripted, going through multiple phases visual elaboration. Only few photographs have circulated press these scarce images played central role initially reinforcing then dismantling his persona. Through its analysis case Coke other Jamaican this essay argues attention models masculinity underlying myth-scripting, connections between in/visibility.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Terrain
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['0760-5668', '1777-5450']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4000/terrain.21409