A history of infamy: crime, truth, and justice in Mexico
"A History of Infamy explores the broken nexus between crime, justice, and the truth in mid-twentieth-century Mexico. Facing the violence and impunity that defined politics, policing, and the judicial system in post-revolutionary times, Mexicans sought truth and justice outside state institutio...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oakland, California
University of California Press
[2017]
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Violence in Latin American history (4)
Year: 2017 |
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| Summary: | "A History of Infamy explores the broken nexus between crime, justice, and the truth in mid-twentieth-century Mexico. Facing the violence and impunity that defined politics, policing, and the judicial system in post-revolutionary times, Mexicans sought truth and justice outside state institutions. During this time, the criminal news beat and crime fiction flourished. Civil society's search for truth and justice lead, paradoxically, to the normalization of extrajudicial violence and neglect for the rights of victims. As Piccato demonstrates, ordinary people in Mexico have made crime and punishment central concerns of the public sphere during the last century, and in doing so have shaped how crime and violence took form over time"--Provided by publisher |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | xi, 374 Seiten Illustrationen 23 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780520292611 0520292618 9780520292628 0520292626 |