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03505aam a2200577 i 4500 001 C33413DAEA0A11E7B6F5700597128E48 003 SILO 005 20171226010227 008 160920s2017 cauab b 001 0 eng c 010 $a 2016043318 020 $a 0520290321 020 $a 9780520290327 020 $a 0520290313 020 $a 9780520290310 035 $a (OCoLC)959373178 040 $a CU-S/DLC $b eng $e rda $c CUS $d DLC $d OCLCO $d BDX $d YDX $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d BTCTA $d OCLCQ $d UOL $d YDX $d OBE $d GUA $d NLM $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-mx--- 050 00 $a HV6548.M6 $b S56 2017 060 00 $a 2017 E-659 060 10 $a HV 6548.M6 082 00 $a 362.280972 $2 23 100 1 $a Sloan, Kathryn A., $d 1961- $e author. 245 10 $a Death in the city : $b suicide and the social imaginary in modern Mexico / $c Kathryn A. Sloan. 264 1 $a Oakland, California : $b University of California Press, $c [2017] 300 $a xii, 257 pages : $b illustrations, maps ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a Violence in Latin American history ; $v 5 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-249) and index. 505 0 $a Introduction -- A social history of suicide in Mexico City, 1900-30 -- From corpse to cadaver : suicide and 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 -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. 520 $a "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 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 an extensive range of sources, from judicial records to the popular press, Death in the City examines the cultural meanings of death and self-destruction in modern Mexico. The author examines approaches and responses to suicide and death, disproving the long-held belief that Mexicans possessed a cavalier response to death"--Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Suicide $z Mexico $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Murder $z Mexico $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Death $x History $z Mexico $x History $y 20th century. 650 7 $a Death $x Social aspects. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00888680 650 7 $a Murder. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01029781 650 7 $a Suicide. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01137578 651 7 $a Mexico. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01211700 650 12 $a Suicide $x ethnology. 650 12 $a Suicide $x history. 650 22 $a Attitude to Death $x ethnology. 650 22 $a Homicide $x history. 650 22 $a Violence $x history. 650 22 $a History, 20th Century. 651 2 $a Mexico. 648 7 $a 1900-1999 $2 fast 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 776 08 $i Online version: $a Sloan, Kathryn A., 1961- author. $t Death in the city. $d Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2017] $z 9780520964532 $w (DLC) 2016044507 830 0 $a Violence in Latin American history ; $v 5. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191210030000.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=C33413DAEA0A11E7B6F5700597128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search