Violence as a way of life, and murder as a political tool. This
philosophy is nothing new to Mexico, most recently demonstrated in
the wave of assassination and indiscriminate killing brought on by
the drug war gripping the country. In "Artful Assassins," author
and scholar Fernando Fabio Sanchez unveils the long record of
violence inspiring artistic expression in Mexico, focusing on its
use and portrayal in film and literature. Sanchez is uniquely
positioned to explore this topic, through his work as a novelist
and poet in Mexico before entering academia in the United States.
Sanchez argues that the seemingly hopeless cycle of violence
experienced by Mexico in the 20th century, as reflected in its
"crime genre," reveals a broader intrinsic cultural and political
failure that suggests grave implications for the current state of
crisis. Tracing the development of a national Mexican identity from
the 1910 Mexican Revolution onward, Sanchez focuses on the
indelible presence of violence and crime underlying the major works
that contributed to a larger communal narrative.
"Artful Assassins" ultimately offers a panoramic overview of the
evolution of Mexican arts and letters, as well as nationalism, by
claiming murder and assassination as literary and cinematic motifs.
The collapse of post-revolutionary political unity was presaged all
along in Mexican culture, Sanchez argues. It need only to have been
sought in the art of the nation.
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