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Author Sloan, Kathryn A., 1961- author.

Title Death in the city : suicide and the social imaginary in modern Mexico / Kathryn A. Sloan.

Publication Info. Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2017]

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 257 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Violence in Latin American history ; 5
Violence in Latin American history ; 5.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents A social history of suicide in Mexico City, 1900-30 -- From corpse to cadaver : suicide & the forensic gaze -- Print culture, moral panic, and youth suicide -- The modern disease : medical meanings and approaches to suicide -- Death in the city : suicide and public space -- Stains of blood : death, vernacular mourning, and suicide.
Summary "At the turn of the twentieth century, many observers considered suicide to be a worldwide social problem that had reached epidemic proportions. This idea was especially powerful in Mexico City, where tragic and violent deaths in public urban spaces seemed 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 an extensive range of sources, from judicial records to the popular press, Death in the City examines the cultural meanings of death and self-destruction in modern Mexico. The author examines approaches and responses to suicide and death, disproving the long-held belief that Mexicans possessed a cavalier response to death"--Provided by publisher.
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Subject Suicide -- Mexico -- History -- 20th century.
Suicide.
Mexico.
History.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Murder -- Mexico -- History -- 20th century.
Murder.
Death -- Social aspects -- Mexico -- History -- 20th century.
Death -- Social aspects.
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Sloan, Kathryn A., 1961- Death in the city. Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2017] 9780520290310 (DLC) 2016043318
ISBN 9780520964532 (electronic book)
0520964535 (electronic book)
9780520290310 (hardcover alkaline paper)