Artful Assassins: Murder as Art in Modern Mexico by Fernando Fabio Sanchez; Translator-Stephen J. Clark - 2010-11-29

Vanderbilt University Press, 2010-11-29. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 9x6x1. Crisp, unread, unmarked copy; text and images unmarked. The binding is tight, corners sharp. Dust jacket has small crease near lower spine otherwise in as new condition; now protected in a mylar cover. First Edition; First Printing.

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Hardback. New. Violence as a way of life, and murder as a political tool. This philosophy is nothing new to Mexico, most recently demonstrated in the wave of assassination and indiscriminate killing brought on by the drug war gripping the country. In Artful Assassins, author and scholar Fernando Fabio Sanchez unveils the long record of violence inspiring artistic expression in Mexico, focusing on its use and portrayal in film and literature. Sanchez is uniquely positioned to explore this topic, through his work as a novelist and poet in Mexico before entering academia in the United States. Sanchez argues that the seemingly hopeless cycle of violence experienced by Mexico in the 20th century, as reflected in its ""crime genre,"" reveals a broader intrinsic cultural and political failure that suggests grave implications for the current state of crisis. Tracing the development of a national Mexican identity from the 1910 Mexican Revolution onward, Sanchez focuses on… Read More

Vanderbilt Univ Pr, 2010. Hardcover. New. 240 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.75 inches.

Vanderbilt Univ Pr, 2010. Hardcover. New. 240 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.75 inches.