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Criminal and Citizen in Modern Mexico
Robert M. Buffington
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Description for Criminal and Citizen in Modern Mexico
Paperback. Explores elite notions of crime and criminality from the late eighteenth to the early twentieth century. In Mexico these notions represented contested areas of the social terrain, places where generalised ideas about criminality transcended the individual criminal act to intersect with larger issues of class, race, gender, and sexuality. Num Pages: 239 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 341.
Criminal and Citizen in Modern Mexico explores elite notions of crime and criminality from the late eighteenth to the early twentieth century. In Mexico these notions represented contested areas of the social terrain, places where generalized ideas about criminality transcended the individual criminal act to intersect with larger issues of class, race, gender, and sexuality. It was at this intersection that modern Mexican society bared its soul. Attitudes toward race amalgamation and indios, lower-class lifestyles and léperos, women and sexual deviance, all influenced perceptions of criminality and ultimately determined the fundamental issue of citizenship: who belonged and who did not. ... Read more
Criminal and Citizen in Modern Mexico explores elite notions of crime and criminality from the late eighteenth to the early twentieth century. In Mexico these notions represented contested areas of the social terrain, places where generalized ideas about criminality transcended the individual criminal act to intersect with larger issues of class, race, gender, and sexuality. It was at this intersection that modern Mexican society bared its soul. Attitudes toward race amalgamation and indios, lower-class lifestyles and léperos, women and sexual deviance, all influenced perceptions of criminality and ultimately determined the fundamental issue of citizenship: who belonged and who did not. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
239
Condition
New
Number of Pages
239
Place of Publication
Lincoln, United States
ISBN
9780803261594
SKU
V9780803261594
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About Robert M. Buffington
Robert M. Buffington is an assistant professor of history at Bowling Green State University.
Reviews for Criminal and Citizen in Modern Mexico
"What Buffington has given us is an interesting view of intellectuals' ideas about crime and Mexican society. It gives us an important critical lens to examine elites's visions of their society."-Joel Horowitz, Latin American Research Review
Joel Horowitz Latin American Research Review
Joel Horowitz Latin American Research Review