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1 online resource (217 pages) |
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Bloomsbury Advances in Critical Discourse Studies |
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Bloomsbury advances in critical discourse studies.
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| 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 |
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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 |
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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 |
| Summary |
"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 data gathered from the Polish Corpus of Suicide Notes, a unique repository of over 600 suicide notes, to explore discourse from and about men at the most traumatic juncture of their lives. Discussing how men construct suicide notes and the ways in which they position their relationships and identities within them, Discourses of Men's Suicide Notes seeks to understand what these notes mean and what significance and power they are invested with."--Bloomsbury Publishing |
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Print version record |
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Discourse analysis.
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Last letters before death.
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Men -- Identity.
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Men -- Language
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Suicide victims' writings.
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Suicide victims -- Correspondence
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Discourse analysis
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Last letters before death
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Men -- Identity
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Men -- Language
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Suicide victims
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Suicide victims' writings
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| Genre/Form |
Personal correspondence
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781350005754 |
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1350005754 |
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