Coping and suicide amongst the lads : expectations of masculinity in post-traditional Ireland / Felicia Garcia.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Garcia, Felicia, author.

Series:

Global masculinities series

Global masculinities

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Suicide--Ireland.

Suicide.

Young men--Suicidal behavior--Ireland.

Young men.

Young men--Ireland--Social conditions.

Working class men--Ireland--Social conditions.

Working class men.

Masculinity--Ireland.

Masculinity.

Social conditions.

Suicidal behavior.

Ireland.

Physical Description:

xvii, 235 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.

Summary:

"For every female suicide in Ireland, there are five male suicides. Coping and Suicide amongst the Lads is based on fieldwork in this book was done in and around Cork, Ireland between 2008 and 2012 among some forty young lads, aged 18-34. This anthropological approach aims to help explain why some groups in a specific society or community are more prone to commit suicide than others. In addition to suicide, this book focuses extensively on related issues such as alcohol, drug abuse, and other self-destructive behaviors prominent within Irish lad culture. This includes peer pressures and loyalties, chauvinistic jargon, homophobic bullying, humor, and the culture of mocking so as to grasp the cultural expectations of this particular form of masculinity. The everyday workings of gender segregation and gender-appropriateness is examined in detail by informants while addressing the underlying question whether increased gender equality--which includes men--could lessen young men's vulnerability to self-destructive behaviors and suicide in Ireland"-- Provided by publisher.

"This in-depth ethnographic account of male suicide in Ireland deals examines the young Irish working class males who are dealing and coping with life's many stressors in ways that differ significantly from their female peers. Irish suicide statistics and local testimonies indicate how gender specific pain and distress really is and what it means to be male in Ireland today"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note:

1. Introduction2. Theorizing Social Change in Ireland3. Low Income Youth: Autonomy and Independence4. Neo-Traditional Masculinity and Social Change5. Policing and Schooling Gender Appropriate Behavior 6. Consuming the Craic, Destroying the Body 7. Concluding Discussion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781137530325

1137530324

OCLC:

927165939