Unlawful Violence: Mexican Law and Cultural Production

by Rebecca Janzen

Violence has only increased in Mexico since 2000: 23,000 murders were recorded in 2016, and 29,168 in 2017.

The abundance of laws and constitutional amendments that have cropped up in response are mirrored in Mexico's fragmented cultural production of the same period. Contemporary Mexican literature grapples with this splintered reality through non-linear stories from multiple perspectives, often told through shifts in time. The novels, such...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826504442
• ISBN13: 9780826504449
• Release Date: May 2022
• Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press
• Length: 242 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"