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Discourses of Men's Suicide Notes : a Qualitative Analysis.
"Deaths by suicide are high: every 40 seconds, someone in the world chooses to end their life. Despite acknowledgement that suicide notes are social texts, there has been no book which analyzes suicide notes as discursive texts and no attempt at a qualitative discourse analysis of them. Discour...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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London :
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC,
2017.
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| Series: | Bloomsbury advances in critical discourse studies.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Cover page ; Halftitle page ; Series page ; Title page ; Copyright page ; Dedication ; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; Aims of the book; The book's projects; Suicide notes; The suicidal mind; Analyses of contents; Suicide notes as social texts; Masculinity; Fatherhood; Masculinity and suicide; Discourse analysis; Qualitative suicidology; Data; Vocabulary; Book overview; Appendix; 2 The Gift of Suicide: Stories of the Ultimate Solution; The gift; The giver; The addressee; Relationships; Conclusions; Appendix; 3 Ambiguities of Suicide: Stories of the Reasons.
- Stories of the generalitiesInternal rationality; Blame; Conclusions; Appendix; 4 Suicide: The Act Outside of Discourse; Distancing; It; Suicide directly?; Men's decisions and apologies; Conclusions; Appendix; 5 Men Who Kill Themselves: Identities in Suicide Notes; Gender identity; Men don't kill themselves; Fatherhood; Men's fears; Conclusions; Appendix; 6 The Note: Exercise in Timing; A special farewell; Neat handwriting; Timing in the notes; Present perspective; The future; Conclusions; Appendix; 7 See You Later: Non-finality of Suicide; A goodbye?; Love and life; Life continues.
- Failed attempt?Certainty; Conclusions; Appendix; 8 Instructions: Narratives of Continuing Control; Positioning theory; Directives; Bring me flowers; Don't slouch!; Minutiae; Conclusions; Appendix; 9 Conclusions: Dilemmas of Suicide; Three paradoxes; Suicide notes; The lived perspective; The final project; The final word; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index.