Sociologist Ana Villarreal Publishes New Book ‘Two Faces of Fear’
This article was written by Rayea Jain (COM’26), the social science writing intern at the CAS Communications Office.
BU Sociologist Ana Villarreal’s personal and professional life blurred as she researched her new book, “The Two Faces of Fear: Violence and Inequality in the Mexican Metropolis”
When a massive turf war took over northeastern Mexico in the mid-2000s, the line between Ana Villarreal’s personal and professional life began to blur.
“This topic chose me,” she said, referring to her first book The Two Faces of Fear: Violence and Inequality in the Mexican Metropolis, published in May 2024. “I only became a sociologist of violence as violence became so central to the every day of people in my hometown.”
In her book, Villarreal delves into the divisiveness of fear…
To read more, visit Community, where this article originally appeared on August 12, 2024.