| Description |
1 online resource (xxiii, 341 pages) |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Youth, Film, Culture, and Society -- Youth Film and Adolescent Experiences -- Away from Reactive Prescriptions -- Toward a Proactive Approach and Practice: A Media Literacy Strategy -- Theoretical Bricolage and Suicide -- The Etiology of Suicide in Youth Film -- Before, During, and After a Suicide -- A Foil and a Game Changer: Archie’s Final Project -- A Conundrum Evolving: 13 Reasons Why -- Strain in Social Relationships Around Suicide -- Recurrent Life Themes -- Conclusion: The Bigger Picture -- Afterword -- Appendix -- References |
| Summary |
This book explores the depiction of suicide in American youth films from 1900 to 2019. Anchored in Sociology, this multidisciplinary study investigates the causes and consequences of suicide and uncovers the socio-cultural context for the development of youth, film, and suicide. While such cinematic portrayals seem to privilege external explanations of suicide versus internal or psychological ones, overall they are neither rich nor sensitive. Most are simplistic, limited or at the very least unbalanced. At times, they are flatly controversial. In light of this overall problematic depiction of suicide, this book offers a proactive approach to empower young audiencesa media literacy strategy to embrace while watching these films. Alessandra Seggi is a Fulbright scholar and an award-winning artist. At Temple University, USA, her research and teaching focus on the intersection of the social sciences and media. She is currently working on an innovative project combining drawings with rhymes and traditional texts to illustrate the key dynamics of social life |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Suicide in motion pictures.
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Youth in motion pictures.
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Motion pictures -- United States -- History
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Suicide -- Sociological aspects.
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Motion pictures
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Suicide -- Sociological aspects
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Youth in motion pictures
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9783031086861 |
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3031086864 |
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