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UNINA9910795587603321 |
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Autore |
GalasinĚski Dariusz |
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Titolo |
Discourses of men's suicide notes : a qualitative analysis / / Dariusz GalasinĚski |
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London ; ; New York, NY : , : Bloomsbury Academic, , 2017 |
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ISBN |
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1-350-00576-2 |
1-350-00574-6 |
1-350-00575-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (217 pages) |
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Collana |
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Bloomsbury advances in critical discourse studies |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Discourse analysis |
Last letters before death |
Men - Identity |
Men - Language |
Suicide victims' writings |
Suicide victims |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction -- Gift of suicide: stories of ultimate solution -- Ambiguities of suicide: stories of reasons -- Suicide: the act outside discourse -- Men who kill themselves: identities in suicide notes -- The note: exercise in timing -- See you later: non-finality of suicide -- Instructions: narratives of continuing control -- Conclusions: dilemmas of suicide. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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"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. Discourses of Men's Suicide Notes redresses this gap in the literature. Focussing on men and masculinity and anchored in qualitative discourse analysis, Dariusz Galasinski responds to the need for a more thorough understanding of suicidal behaviour. Culturally, men have been posited to be 'masters of the universe' and yet some choose to end their lives. This book takes a qualitative approach to |
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