Death in the City : Suicide and the Social Imaginary in Modern Mexico Hardback
by Kathryn A. Sloan
Part of the Violence in Latin American History series
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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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- Pages:272 pages, 14 b-w halftones, 2 charts, 6
- Publisher:University of California Press
- Publication Date:11/04/2017
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- ISBN:9780520290310
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:272 pages, 14 b-w halftones, 2 charts, 6
- Publisher:University of California Press
- Publication Date:11/04/2017
- Category:
- ISBN:9780520290310
