The Fear of Robachicos in Mexico - Media, Childhood and Child Kidnapping 1900-1968

A study of emotions and the history of child kidnapping in Mexico between 1900 and 1968, charting the series of moral panics created by a mass media response.

About the author

Susana Sosenski is Professor of contemporary Mexican history at the Historical Research Institute of the National Autonomous University of Mexico. She is the author of two books, has contributed and edited several book chapters and journal articles, and is the recipient of the Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz prize. Her other topics of specialization include the history of childhood, cultural history, and history of mass media.

Product details

• Authors: Susana Sosenski, Susana Sosenski
• Assisted by: Susan J Matt (Editor), Peter N Stearns (Editor), Peter N Stearns (Editor), Susan J Matt (Editor), Quentin Pope (Translation), Quentin Pope (Translation)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 19.03.2026
• EAN: 9781350424463
• ISBN: 978-1-350-42446-3
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 454 g
• Series: History of Emotions
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Mexico, 20th Century, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Latin America / Mexico, General & world history, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, General and world history, History of the Americas, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General