“Adiós querida mía, adiós tesoro”. Las acciones comunicativas de los suicidas apasionados en Buenos Aires durante el último tercio del siglo XIX

Abstract

In this paper we analyze suicide cases that occurred in the city of Buenos Aires during the last third of the nineteenth century.  From a historical and sociocultural perspective, we study communicative actions in stories associated with romantic passions, love feelings and marital conflicts. Our goal is to show that there were actions with the intention of generating pain and sorrow, and there were also other acts to preserve the memory of suicide among their significant others.