" The Rise of Necro/Narco Citizenship is a distressing yet essential read. It examines the devaluation of life and production of violence through modern and late modern statecraft and capitalism. Carlos Vélez-Ibáñez renders the U.S.-Mexico border region--its lands, peoples, governments, armed agents and soldiers, drugs, violence, and music--in stunning detail and with historical richness."--Tobin Hansen, University of Oregon "I can't stop thinking about The Rise of Necro/Narco Citizenship. The author reveals the dystopian reality of our world. There is so much here, and it's not just the terror revealed but also the history and trajectory of an astounding epoch pieced together with truth, humanity, and a narrative that is crucially needed.

This is the other side, the other borderlands, that we neglect to see and confront."--Roberto Alvarez, University of California, San Diego "The core of the work uses anthropological methods to explore how individuals are often trapped between legal realities and social aspirations that require them to become expert at interpreting and navigating diverse realities with contradictory demands."--J. Gerber , CHOICE Connect "This book redefines our understanding of the shared impacts of policy focused on militarization in both the United States and Mexico. Dr. Vélez-Ibáñez, through fine-grained analysis, shows how militarization and its attendant violence upend lives and economies in both countries. The book masterfully presents the voices of people entrapped by brutal policies that compound poverty, surveillance, and violence. Vélez-Ibáñez's indictment of the 'War on Drugs' and 'Border Wars' will transform how we view the intertwined past and possible futures of the United States and Mexico.

"--Margaret E. Dorsey, co-author of Fencing in Democracy: Border Walls, Necrocitizenship, and the Security State.