A brief history of violence in Mexico / Pablo Piccato ; translated by Quentin Pope.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Piccato, Pablo, Author.

Contributor:

Pope, Quentin, translator.

Series:

Latin America in translation/en traducción/em tradução http://id.loc.gov/resources/hubs/90ff49fd-8ae3-7ca0-1311-ccfb2917fa24

Latin America in translation/en traducción/em tradução

Standardized Title:

Historia mínima de la violencia en México. English

Language:

English

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Violence--Mexico--History.

Violence.

Violence--Social aspects--Mexico.

Social conflict--Mexico--History.

Social conflict.

Social conflict--History.

Violence--Social aspects.

Violence--History.

Mexico.

Genre:

Translations

Physical Description:

x, 221 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2025]

Summary:

"Political rhetoric often portrays Mexico as an inherently violent nation. Pablo Piccato’s essential work, now available in English for the first time, cuts through the noise to contextualize violence as a historical phenomenon. Piccato shows us that violence is not unique to Mexico but, just as anywhere else, has erupted there in many forms. Attending to multiple histories of violence, Piccato reveals how violence emerges as a resource that people mobilize to various ends—not an uncontrollable impulse or the simple result of corrupt political power. Traversing the twentieth century through the lens of violence, Piccato interprets and draws connections between violence arising from revolution, agrarian and religious struggles, guerrilla and counterinsurgency movements, and common crime, all without losing sight of the distinct contexts and social dynamics of each. Gender violence, he argues, surfaces as a common thread, shaping all other forms of violence. Piccato brings to light how guerrillas, the military, politicians, and common criminals rationalized violence to fit their goals, ideologies, and values. In an unflinching analysis that contends that violence is not an essential trait of Mexican society, Piccato presents a new paradigm for understanding violence and illustrates that we are not powerless against it."-- Publisher's website.

Contents:

Revolutionary violence

Agrarian violence

Religious violence

Pistoleros and other criminals

Guerrillas and repression

Violence and illegal businesses

All violence is gender violence.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781469689937

1469689936

9781469689944

1469689944

OCLC:

1512301179

Publisher Number:

CIPO000296547