Suicide in popular media and culture : studies in framing a social catastrophe /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Alvarez, M. F. (Editor), Bareiss, Warren J. (Editor), Flanigan, Jolane (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Bristol, UK : Bristol University Press, 2026.
Series:Death and culture
Subjects:
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover
  • Half Title
  • Series Information
  • Suicide in Popular Media and Culture Studies in Framing a Social Catastrophe
  • Copyright Page
  • Table of Contents
  • Series Editors' Preface
  • Suicide in Popular Media and Culture: Studies in Framing a Social Catastrophe
  • List of Figures and Tables
  • Notes on the Contributors
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Structure and organization of the book
  • Hopes and aims for the book
  • References
  • 1 "Buried in the Open Fields": Early Modern Suicide and the Case of Ofelia
  • Understanding early modern suicide
  • Representing suicide
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • References
  • 2 "To Live Deliberately": Agency and Locus of Control in Dead Poets Society
  • Introduction
  • A world of privilege and pressure
  • Locus of control and agency
  • Carpe diem : "Seize the day, boys"
  • Empowering voices and choices
  • The fallibility of youth resistance
  • Shifting control, weakening agency
  • Choiceless and voiceless
  • The trap of powerlessness
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • 3 The Complexities of the Documentary The Bridge as Heterotopia
  • An experience and a tapestry
  • Relationships: connection and tension
  • Divergencies
  • Different spaces
  • Notes
  • References
  • 4 "I (Don't) Want to Kill Myself": Tensions between Suicidal Hope and Joyful Despair in HBO's The Leftovers
  • Silence and suicidality: an introduction
  • A note on methodology
  • 1987-​2014
  • Season 1: "We're still here"
  • 2014-​2017
  • Season 2: "I don't want to kill myself"
  • 2017-​2019
  • Sunday, April 16, 2017-​Sunday, June 4, 2017
  • Saturday, June 24, 2017
  • Wednesday, November 1, 2017
  • November 2017-​January 2018
  • Friday, January 5, 2018
  • January 2018-​May 2018
  • Friday, June 1, 2018
  • Monday, June 4, 2018
  • Friday, June 8, 2018
  • June 2018-​September 2018
  • Friday, October 5, 2018-​Sunday, November 4, 2018
  • Tuesday, January 29, 2019
  • Wednesday, January 30, 2019
  • Thursday, January 31, 2019
  • Monday, March 11, 2019-​Monday, April 8, 2019
  • Thursday, November 21, 2019
  • Season 3: "I think you might be suicidal"
  • 2020-​2022
  • Thursday, October 14, 2021
  • Monday, August 22, 2022
  • The end of all our exploring
  • Sunday, October 14, 2018
  • References
  • 5 Pain Advocates: Reimagining Suicide Narratives from the Perspectives of Chronic Pain Patients
  • Narrative and the study of chronic pain and suicide
  • Narrative: characteristics, types, and challenges
  • Narrative community: The Mighty
  • Collecting chronic pain and suicide stories from The Mighty
  • Statement on ethics
  • Narrative findings in chronic pain and suicide storytelling
  • Fragmented voices
  • Challenges to canonicity: challenging grand narratives of addiction, grit, and ability
  • Temporal tensions between stories lived and stories told
  • Exploring the role of systemic storytelling
  • Conclusion
  • References