Reconceptualizing Urban Violence from the Global South

Although urban violence is most often theorized in relation to marginality, affects wealthy and poor Latin America, albeit different ways. Drawing on qualitative fieldwork media coverage of a gruesome turf war Monterrey, Mexico, this paper illustrates how an increase have led the upper class “disembed” municipality San Pedro from Monterrey Metropolitan Area, revamp police, attempt create not only “defended neighborhood,” but entire city.” Contemporary reveals that related fear can prompt fragmentation space into numerous gated communities, also simultaneous concentration wealth public security at city level. American metropoles call for reconceptualization beyond margins closer examination invisible walls enclosing around world.