“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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Autor principal:	Daniela Belmar Mac-Vicar
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Publicado:	Centre de Recherches sur les Mondes Américains 2015
Materias:	Suicide Santiago 1930 micro-history crisis Anthropology GN1-890 Latin America. Spanish America F1201-3799
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:fa072764ab454532b2d298301af116e32021-12-02T10:31:58Z“Mire, Papá” – Notas para un estudio microhistórico del suicidio en tiempos de crisis económica. El caso de Julio Antolín Alfaro, Santiago de Chile, 19301626-025210.4000/nuevomundo.68642https://doaj.org/article/fa072764ab454532b2d298301af116e32015-11-01T00:00:00Zhttp://journals.openedition.org/nuevomundo/68642https://doaj.org/toc/1626-0252This 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.Daniela Belmar Mac-VicarCentre de Recherches sur les Mondes AméricainsarticleSuicideSantiago1930micro-historycrisisAnthropologyGN1-890Latin America. Spanish AmericaF1201-3799ENFRPTNuevo mundo - Mundos Nuevos (2015)
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description	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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title	“Mire, Papá” – Notas para un estudio microhistórico del suicidio en tiempos de crisis económica. El caso de Julio Antolín Alfaro, Santiago de Chile, 1930
title_short	“Mire, Papá” – Notas para un estudio microhistórico del suicidio en tiempos de crisis económica. El caso de Julio Antolín Alfaro, Santiago de Chile, 1930
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“Mire, Papá” – Notas para un estudio microhistórico del suicidio en tiempos de crisis económica. El caso de Julio Antolín Alfaro, Santiago de Chile, 1930

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