Suicide in Popular Media and Culture : Studies in Framing a Social Catastrophe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Clare, Janet.

Series:

Death and Culture Series

Language:

English

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (247 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bristol : Bristol University Press, 2026.

Summary:

Popular media is a powerful mirror and maker of meaning around suicide.This book brings together scholars from across disciplines to examine how suicide is mythologised, politicised and challenged across film, TV, young adult literature, digital platforms, online communities, and more.

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

Notes

2 "To Live Deliberately": Agency and Locus of Control in Dead Poets Society

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

3 The Complexities of the Documentary The Bridge as Heterotopia

An experience and a tapestry

Relationships: connection and tension

Divergencies

Different spaces

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

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

6 Celebrity Suicide as Opportunity for Public Education: Professional Medical Sources and Themes in Press Coverage of Anthony Bourdain's Suicide

Suicide and its coverage in professional news media

The passing of Anthony Bourdain

Determining the news sample

Themes presented in news coverage

Determining prominent themes

Frequencies among themes

Correlation among narratives

Medical sources referenced within news coverage

Narratives over time

Analysis: quest and chaos

Thoughts on the quantitative methods used in this study

Acknowledgements

Note

7 Media Representations of Farmer Suicide as Social Drama: From Breach to Crisis to Redressive Action

Literature review

Methodology

Farmer suicide and Turner's social drama

Breach

Crisis.

Identity: the tough paternal farmer

Place: the twining of farmer and farm

Emotion and the masculine lifestyle

Redressive acts

Reintegration

Discussion

8 Reducing Suicide Risks among Transgender, Non-​Binary, and Gender Diverse Youth through Social Media Interventions

Suicide prevention and public health

Transgender youth suicide risks

Social media as optimal channels for suicide prevention

Detecting suicide risks on social media

Using social media interventions to prevent suicide for TNG youth

Concluding thoughts and next steps

9 Suicide Goes Public: Suicide Prevention/​Education and Grief Literacy in the Young Adult Literature Section of the Public Library

Relevance of public death education and grief literacy

Suicide-​related YAL as a tool for death education and grief literacy

Why collaborate with public libraries and community partners?

Strategies for suicide prevention, education, and grief literacy in the public library

Strategies for discussing YAL about suicide and suicide-​related grief with teens: relevant theories and practices

Selecting a book, planning wisely, and preparing readers: advice from educators, bereavement professionals, and authors who write YAL about suicide and grief

Limitations and recommendations

Appendix

Sample discussion questions/​activities

10 Pop Culture as Pedagogy: Breaking the Silence on Suicide in the Undergraduate Classroom

Background on courses

Pedagogical commitments

Problematizing etiology

Problematizing recovery

Problematizing bereavement

Engaging and creating media

Concluding remarks

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-5292-3348-8

9781529233483

OCLC:

1561176130