Suicide in Popular Media and Culture

Studies in Framing a Social Catastrophe

Popular media are powerful mirrors and makers of meaning around suicide.

This book brings together scholars from across disciplines to examine how suicide is mythologized, politicized and challenged across film, TV, young adult literature, digital platforms, online communities, and more. From news coverage of celebrity suicide to social media interventions with at-risk youth, this wide-ranging collection explores suicide’s intersections with class, gender, chronic illness and cultural identity.

Bridging academic analysis and lived realities, this volume offers vital tools for understanding, teaching and reimagining how suicide circulates in the stories we consume and create.

Contributor: Jolane Flanigan (Edited by), Janet Clare (Contributions by), Brennan Thomas (Contributions by), Alessandra Seggi (Contributions by), Adam Lauver (Contributions by), Elizabeth Spradley (Contributions by), Robert Tyler Spradley (Contributions by), Gary L. Kreps (Contributions by), Farrokh Alemi (Contributions by), Suzanne Carmack (Contributions by), David Gustafson (Contributions by), Judith Jacobson (Contributions by), Yan Leykin (Contributions by), Priya Nambison (Contributions by), Jack Simons (Contributions by), John Strang (Contributions by), Rediet Woldeselassie (Contributions by), Carla Sofka (Contributions by), Mike F Alvarez (Edited by), Warren J Bareiss (Edited by)

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