Death in the City: Suicide and the Social Imaginary in Modern Mexico Volume 5

by Kathryn A. Sloan

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520290321
• ISBN13: 9780520290327
• Release Date: February 2015
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"