The Two Faces of Fear: Violence and Inequality in the Mexican Metropolis Book Talk & Discussion

Join the Boston University Initiative on Cities, Center for Latin American Studies, and Department of Sociology to discuss Assistant Professor of Sociology Ana Villarreal’s book on the impacts of criminal and state violence on everyday life in Mexico. Drawing from two years of qualitative fieldwork in Monterrey, Mexico during a turf war, Professor Villarreal takes a new approach to how fear exacerbates existing inequalities in all aspects of life for residents in Mexico’s metropolises.

The discussion will be moderated by Initiative on Cities Director Loretta Lees. Panel discussions will feature Assistant Professor Ana Villarreal, Professor of Sociology Japonica-Brown Saracino. Alexandra Délano, Associate Professor of Politics & Global Studies at The New School, and Verónica Zubillaga, Visiting Professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago and Professor of Sociology at the Universidad Simón Bolívar in Caracas.