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A history of infamy : crime, truth, and justice in Mexico /

"A History of Infamy explores the broken nexus between crime, justice, and the truth in mid-twentieth-century Mexico. Facing the violence and impunity that defined politics, policing, and the judicial system in post-revolutionary times, Mexicans sought truth and justice outside state institutio...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Piccato, Pablo (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2017]
Series:Violence in Latin American history ; 4.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : a national history of infamy
  • From transparency to darkness : justice and publicity in the mirror of criminal juries
  • A look at the crime scene : the nota roja and the public pursuit of truth
  • Lost detectives : policemen, torture, ley fuga
  • Horrible crimes : murderers as authors
  • Careful guys : pistoleros and the business of politics
  • Our times, our perspectives : the emergence of Mexican crime fiction
  • Our models of dread : crime as revenge, justice, and art
  • Conclusion : trying to keep our eyes open.