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Suicide in Popular Media and Culture
Studies in Framing a Social Catastrophe
Series: Death and Culture
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Popular media is a powerful mirror and maker of meaning around suicide. Suicide in Popular Media and Culture brings together scholars from across disciplines to examine how suicide is mythologised, politicised and challenged across film, TV, young adult literature, digital platforms, online communities, and more. From...
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How does pop culture shape what we think and feel about suicide? This vital new book explores the ethics, aesthetics and impact of suicide representation across literature, film, TV, social media, news and more.
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Popular media is a powerful mirror and maker of meaning around suicide.
Suicide in Popular Media and Culture brings together scholars from across disciplines to examine how suicide is mythologised, politicised 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.
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Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781529233469
Publisher: Bristol University Press
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 17 March 2026
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Bristol University Press
Illustration: 8 Tables, black and white; 4 Illustrations, black and white
Contributors:
- Contributions by Gary L. Kreps
- Contributions by Janet Clare
- Contributions by Alessandra Seggi
- Contributions by Brennan Thomas
- Contributions by Robert Tyler Spradley
- Contributions by Farrokh Alemi
- Contributions by Elizabeth Spradley
- Contributions by Adam Lauver
- Contributions by Suzanne Carmack
Audience: General / adult, Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Width: 156.0mm
Height: 234.0mm
Weight: 300g
Pages: 246
About the Author
M. F. Alvarez is Assistant Professor of Communication at the University of New Hampshire and the author of three previous books.
Warren J. Bareiss is Professor of Communication at the University of South Carolina Upstate.
Jolane Flanigan is Professor of Communication Studies at Rocky Mountain College and a licensed mental health counsellor.
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