Suicide in popular media and culture : studies in framing a social catastrophe /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Bristol, UK :
Bristol University Press,
2026.
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| Series: | Death and culture
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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