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Death in the City: Suicide and the Social Imaginary in Modern Mexico Volume 5

Death in the City: Suicide and the Social Imaginary in Modern Mexico Volume 5

Sloan, Kathryn A.

Paperback

Series: Violence in Latin American History, Book 5

Death & DyingGeneral World HistoryMexican History

ISBN10: 0520290321
ISBN13: 9780520290327
Publisher: Univ Of California Pr
Published: Apr 11 2017
Pages: 272
Weight: 0.89
Height: 0.61 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
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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