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The reflux of money: outlaw accumulation and territorialization in "Breaking Bad"

Kraniauskas, John (2019) The reflux of money: outlaw accumulation and territorialization in "Breaking Bad". In: Osborne, P. and Alliez, E. and Russell, E.-J. (eds.) Capitalism: Concept, Idea, Image. Aspects of Marx's "Capital" Today. London, UK: CRMEP Books, pp. 219-245. ISBN 9781999333706.

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Abstract

In this article I look at the capital logics and territorial dynamics of narco-accumulation as represented in the TV series "Breaking Bad". I suggest that these produce a 'black hole' in the text, a kind of catastrophe in the image of the protagonist's house and home, now literally ruined by his involvement in outlaw drugs enterprise. This is because the latter pulls him into a Mexican-American cross-border hinterland overcoded and subsumed by a narco proto-state.

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Item Type: Book Section
School: Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > School of Creative Arts, Culture and Communication
Depositing User: John Kraniauskas
Date Deposited: 27 Feb 2019 15:31
Last Modified: 26 Jul 2025 01:44
URI: https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/26219

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