Death in the city : suicide and the social imaginary in modern Mexico /

"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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sloan, Kathryn A., 1961- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2017]
Colección:Violence in Latin American history ; 5.
Temas:
1900-1999
Suicide > Mexico > History > 20th century.
Murder > Mexico > History > 20th century.
Death > Social aspects > Mexico > History > 20th century.
Suicide > Mexique > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Meurtre > Mexique > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Mort > Aspect social > Mexique > Histoire > 20e siècle.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
HISTORY > Latin America > Mexico.
Death > Social aspects.
Murder.
Suicide.
Mexico.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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