Death in the City Suicide and the Social Imaginary in Modern Mexico - Violence in Latin American History
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At the turn of the twentieth century, many observers considered suicide to be a worldwide social problem that had reached epidemic proportions. In Mexico City, violent deaths in public spaces were commonplace in a city undergoing rapid modernization. Crime rates mounted, corpses piled up in the morgue, and the media reported on sensational cases of murder and suicide. More troublesome still, a compelling death wish appeared to grip women and youth. Drawing on a range of sources from judicial records to the popular press, Death in the City investigates the cultural meanings of self-destruction in modern Mexico. The author examines responses to suicide and death and disproves the long-held belief that Mexicans possess a cavalier attitude toward suffering.
Book information
ISBN: | 9780520290327 |
Publisher: | University of California Press |
Imprint: | University of California Press |
Pub date: | 02 Jun 2017 |
DEWEY: | 362.280972 |
DEWEY edition: | 23 |
Language: | English |
Number of pages: | xii, 257 |
Weight: | 380g |
Height: | 153mm |
Width: | 229mm |
Spine width: | 18mm |