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505 0 a| 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.;

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520 a| "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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A history of infamy crime, truth, and justice in Mexico / Pablo Piccato.

Author/creator	Piccato, Pablo
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2017]
Description	1 online resource.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from JSTOR eBooks
Subjects	Crime--Mexico. --History. --20th century. Crime and the press--Mexico. --History. --20th century. Crime writing--History and criticism. Justice, Administration of--Mexico. --History. --20th century.

Contents	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.
Abstract	"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 note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Source of description	Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.
Issued in other form	Print version: Piccato, Pablo, author. History of infamy Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2017] 9780520292611
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2016043730
ISBN	9780520966079 (epub)

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