Death in the City : Suicide and the Social Imaginary in Modern Mexico (Violence in Latin American History)

Sloan, Kathryn A.

University of California Press（2017/04発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 272 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780520290310
• DDC分類 972.52

Full Description

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.

Contents

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