LEADER 00000cam a2200721 i 4500 001 ocn959373934 003 OCoLC 005 20190705070024.6 006 m o d 007 cr cnu---unuuu 008 160926s2017 caua ob 001 0 eng 010 2016044507 020 9780520964532|q(electronic book) 020 0520964535|q(electronic book) 020 |z9780520290310|q(hardcover|qalkaline paper) 035 (OCoLC)959373934 037 22573/ctt1mfxqdx|bJSTOR 040 DLC|beng|erda|epn|cDLC|dOCLCO|dOCLCF|dOCLCO|dN$T|dEBLCP |dJSTOR|dYDX|dYDX|dOCLCO|dOCLCQ|dUAB|dCSAIL|dIOG|dOCLCA |dOCLCQ|dKSU|dMERER|dOCLCQ|dWYU|dU3W|dDEGRU|dOCLCQ 042 pcc 043 n-mx--- 049 RIDW 050 14 HV6548.M6|bS56 2017 072 7 POL|x027000|2bisacsh 072 7 POL|x019000|2bisacsh 072 7 HIS025000|2bisacsh 082 00 362.280972|223 090 HV6548.M6|bS56 2017 100 1 Sloan, Kathryn A.,|d1961-|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/ names/n2008036038|eauthor. 245 10 Death in the city :|bsuicide and the social imaginary in modern Mexico /|cKathryn A. Sloan. 264 1 Oakland, California :|bUniversity of California Press, |c[2017] 300 1 online resource (xii, 257 pages). 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 340 |gpolychrome|2rdacc 347 text file|2rdaft 490 1 Violence in Latin American history ;|v5 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 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. 520 "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. 588 0 Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 11, 2017). 590 eBooks on EBSCOhost|bEBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America 648 7 20th century|2fast 648 7 1900-1999|2fast 650 0 Suicide|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/ sh85129742|zMexico|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/ n81013960-781|xHistory|y20th century.|0https://id.loc.gov/ authorities/subjects/sh2002006165 650 0 Murder|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85088613 |zMexico|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81013960- 781|xHistory|y20th century.|0https://id.loc.gov/ authorities/subjects/sh2002006165 650 0 Death|xSocial aspects|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/ subjects/sh2008117503|zMexico|0https://id.loc.gov/ authorities/names/n81013960-781|xHistory|y20th century. |0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002006165 650 7 Suicide.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1137578 650 7 History.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/958235 650 7 Murder.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1029781 650 7 Death|xSocial aspects.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast /888680 651 7 Mexico.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1211700 655 4 Electronic books. 655 7 History.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1411628 776 08 |iPrint version:|aSloan, Kathryn A., 1961-|tDeath in the city.|dOakland, California : University of California Press, [2017]|z9780520290310|w(DLC) 2016043318 830 0 Violence in Latin American history ;|0https://id.loc.gov/ authorities/names/no2017009741|v5. 856 40 |uhttps://rider.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http:// search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site& db=nlebk&AN=1482829|zOnline eBook via EBSCO. Access restricted to current Rider University students, faculty, and staff. 856 42 |3Instructions for reading/downloading the EBSCO version of this eBook|uhttp://guides.rider.edu/ebooks/ebsco 901 MARCIVE 20231220 948 |d20190709|cEBSCO|tEBSCOebooksacademic NEW 7-5-19 5915 |lridw 994 92|bRID