In the Vortex of Violence

Gema Kloppe-Santamaría is Assistant Professor of Latin American History at The George Washington University. She is the lead editor of Violence and Crime in Latin America: Representations and Politics and Human Security and Chronic Violence in Mexico: New Perspectives and Proposals from Below.

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Introduction
In the Name of Justice: Lynch Mobs and the State in Post-Revolutionary Mexico

1. Between Civilization and Barbarity
Lynching and State Formation in Post-Revolutionary Mexico

2. In the Name of Christ 
Lynching and Religion in Post-Revolutionary Mexico

3. The Lynching of Atrocious Criminals 
Justice, Crime News, and Extralegal Violence

4. The Lynching of the Wicked
Fat Stealers, Bloodsuckers, and Witches in Post-Revolutionary Mexico

Conclusion 
Lynching Past and Present: Notes on Mexico and Latin America’s Trajectory of Violence

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