Death in the City
Suicide and the Social Imaginary in Modern Mexico
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2835471 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert Buffington (0000-0002-8649-2151, University of Colorado System, corresponding author), Robert M Buffington (University of Colorado Boulder) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 98 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 562-564 |
| Publication date | 2018-08-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Hispanic American Historical Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0018-2168 • E-ISSN: 1527-1900 |
| Publisher | Duke University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1215/00182168-6933985 |
| OpenAlex | W2883121365 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
Book Review| August 01 2018 Death in the City: Suicide and the Social Imaginary in Modern Mexico Death in the City: Suicide and the Social Imaginary in Modern Mexico. By Sloan, Kathryn A.. Violence in Latin American History. Oakland: University of California Press, 2017. Photographs. Map. Figures. Tables. Notes. Bibliography. Index. xii, 257 pp. Paper, $29.95. Robert M. Buffington Robert M. Buffington University of Colorado Boulder Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Hispanic American Historical Review (2018) 98 (3): 562–564. https://doi.org/10.1215/00182168-6933985 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter Email Permissions Search Site Citation Robert M. Buffington; Death in the City: Suicide and the Social Imaginary in Modern Mexico. Hispanic American Historical Review 1 August 2018; 98 (3): 562–564. doi: https://doi.org/10.1215/00182168-6933985 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search nav search search input Search input auto suggest search filter Books & JournalsAll JournalsHispanic American Historical Review Search Advanced Search Death in the City makes important contributions to the social and cultural history of late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Mexico City. The author argues that suicide played a central role in the social imaginary of urban Mexicans during this period and that a careful study of suicide's cultural meanings reveals that while death—self-inflicted death in this instance—was indeed a subject of considerable concern, Mexico City residents were far from indifferent, callous, celebratory, or cavalier about it. This conclusion flies in the face of the accepted view of Mexican attitudes toward death popularized by prominent intellectuals like Octavio Paz and, more recently, Claudio Lomnitz.The book engages a wide range of historical sources—statistics, newspaper reports, editorials, popular broadsides, suicide notes, literature, medical treatises, clinical records, and forensic reports—to tease out the variegated and sometimes contradictory meanings of suicide during this period. The richness... Copyright © 2018 by Duke University Press2018 Issue Section: Twentieth–Twenty-First Centuries You do not currently have access to this content
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| Citations per year | 0.4 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2022 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |