Death in the City

Kathryn A. Sloan is Associate Dean of Fine Arts and Humanities in the J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Arkansas. She is the author of Runaway Daughters: Seduction, Elopement, and Honor in Nineteenth-Century Mexico and Women's Roles in Latin America and the Caribbean.

• List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1 * A Social History of Suicide in Mexico City, 1900-1930 2 * From Corpse to Cadaver: Suicide and the Forensic Gaze 3 * Media, Moral Panic, and Youth Suicide 4 * The Modern Disease: Medical Meanings and Approaches to Suicide 5 * Death in the City: Suicide and Public Space 6 * Stains of Blood: Death, Vernacular Mourning, and Suicide Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

"Thorough, well researched, methodologically appealing, and with a clear narrative line... an excellent addition to the literature on death and crime in Mexico City and an obligatory reference for scholars interested in comparative analyses across regions"