“Mire, Papá” – Notas para un estudio microhistórico del suicidio en tiempos de crisis económica. El caso de Julio Antolín Alfaro, Santiago de Chile, 1930
This paper focuses on the economic crisis faced by Chile between 1930 and 1932 from a micro-historical approach. It explores the judicial case of Julio Alfaro’s suicide, a 37-year-old mechanical, which took place in Santiago at the end of 1930. The study, as part of a wider research on suicide in Sa...
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Centre de Recherches sur les Mondes Américains
2015
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| Sumario: | This paper focuses on the economic crisis faced by Chile between 1930 and 1932 from a micro-historical approach. It explores the judicial case of Julio Alfaro’s suicide, a 37-year-old mechanical, which took place in Santiago at the end of 1930. The study, as part of a wider research on suicide in Santiago between 1920 and 1940, show a significant increase in the country’s suicide rate during the economic crisis. After a violent death, justice launched an investigation in order to prove a suicide and discard a homicide. The research examines 124 suicide files. In this context, it identifies 11 sorts of explanations offered by relatives and by suicidal person in their testimonies or farewell notes. Suicide was usually explained through one reason. Otherwise, in Julio Alfaro’s case, five types of explanations were presented to justify the suicidal purpose. In this sense, Julio Alfaro’s case is set out as an exceptional case because of the varied explanations involved. |
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