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


Death in the City: Suicide and the Social Imaginary in Modern Mexico (Violence in Latin American History) by Kathryn A. Sloan
2017 | ISBN: 0520290321, 0520290313 | English | 272 pages | EPUB | 5 MB





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.

Download




https://www.filenext.com/vi83t6dxjb8s/ti.12.09.2018.0520290321.epub.html

or

http://nitroflare.com/view/4C5AFF78933A9FD/ti.12.09.2018.0520290321.epub

or

https://rapidgator.net/file/101232445fc9373c36a2e62163ed9412/ti.12.09.2018.0520290321.epub.html



What are your thoughts?