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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779267803321

Autore

Cover Rob

Titolo

Queer youth suicide, culture and identity [[electronic resource] ] : unliveable lives? / / by Rob Cover

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Burlington, VT, : Ashgate, c2012

ISBN

1-315-60326-8

1-317-07255-3

1-317-07254-5

1-280-68959-5

9786613666536

1-4094-4448-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (185 p.)

Disciplina

362.28086/642

362.28086642

Soggetti

Gay youth

Gay youth - Suicidal behavior

Youth in mass media

Suicide in mass media

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Queer Youth Suicide, Vulnerability and Unliveable Lives; 1 Queer Suicide Representations in Popular Media; 2 Histories and Genealogies of Suicide Research and Sexuality; 3 It Gets Better? Online Representations of Hope, Vulnerability and Resilience; 5 Tensions: Suicide, Sexual Identity and Shame; 6 Community: Homonormativity, Exclusion and Relative Misery; Conclusion: Towards Liveable Lives; Bibliography; Filmography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book outlines some of the ways in which queer youth suicide is perceived in popular culture, media and research. It highlights how the ways in which we think about queer youth suicide have changed over time and some of the benefits and limitations of current thinking. Drawing on approaches from queer theory, cultural studies and



sociology, it explores how sexual identity formation, sexual shame and discrepancies in community belonging and exclusions are implicated in the reasons why some are resilient while others are vulnerable and at risk of suicide.