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Death in the City

Suicide and the Social Imaginary in Modern Mexico

Inbunden, Engelska, 2017

AvKathryn A. Sloan

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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.

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Utgivningsdatum2017-04-11
Mått152 x 229 x 20 mm
Vikt544 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieViolence in Latin American History
Antal sidor272
FörlagUniversity of California Press
ISBN9780520290310

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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