Before Mexican crime fiction: the death scene and the construction of postrevolutionary Mexico -- Ensayo de un crimen and el hombre sin rostro: early critiques of nationalism during Mexico's transition to modernity -- El complot mongol and la cabeza de la hidra: the era of latent national crisis -- Cosa fácil, un asesino solitario, and amores perros: the age of national disintegration
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Latin American Studies; Political Science; Popular Culture; Border Studies
