A history of infamy : crime, truth, and justice in Mexico / Pablo Piccato.
2017
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A history of infamy : crime, truth, and justice in Mexico / Pablo Piccato.
Imprint
Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2017]
Description
1 online resource (xi, 374 pages).
Series
Violence in Latin American history ; 4.
Formatted Contents Note
Introduction : a national history of infamy
From transparency to darkness : justice and publicity in the mirror of criminal juries
A look at the crime scene : the nota roja and the public pursuit of truth
Lost detectives : policemen, torture, ley fuga
Horrible crimes : murderers as authors
Careful guys : pistoleros and the business of politics
Our times, our perspectives : the emergence of Mexican crime fiction
Our models of dread : crime as revenge, justice, and art
Conclusion : trying to keep our eyes open.
From transparency to darkness : justice and publicity in the mirror of criminal juries
A look at the crime scene : the nota roja and the public pursuit of truth
Lost detectives : policemen, torture, ley fuga
Horrible crimes : murderers as authors
Careful guys : pistoleros and the business of politics
Our times, our perspectives : the emergence of Mexican crime fiction
Our models of dread : crime as revenge, justice, and art
Conclusion : trying to keep our eyes open.
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.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Source of Description
Title from digital title page (viewed on April 05, 2017).
Location
WWW
Available in Other Form
Print version: Piccato, Pablo. History of infamy. Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2017]
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Language
English
ISBN
9780520966079 (electronic book)
0520966074 (electronic book)
9780520292611 (hardcover alkaline paper)
0520966074 (electronic book)
9780520292611 (hardcover alkaline paper)
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