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by Julián Segura Camacho (Author)
Societal Suicide is a cultural-racial analysis of the enduring legacy called Animus Americana, which affects the psyche of Mexicans in the United States, specifically Los Angeles. This work is a compilation of factors, experiences, and realities that make a person suicidal both from a societal and familial perspective. This timely and deeply personal exploration into the roots of suicidal tendencies in Mexicans living in the United States is a revealing study of culture, assimilation, social pressures, and identity.
Author Biography
Julián Segura Camacho is a Lecturer in Chicano Studies at California State University, Long Beach. He holds M.A.'s in Latin American Studies and Urban Planning from the University of California, Los Angeles and is the author of the Chicano Treatise from the University Press of America.
