The Gender of Suicide : Knowledge Production, Theory and Suicidology
Katrina. Jaworski
Bok Engelsk 2014 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | Farnham : : Ashgate Publishing Ltd, , 2014.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (208 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Understanding Suicide through Gender: An Introduction; 1 The Construction of Knowledge of Suicide and Gender in Suicidology; 2 Performative Knowledge: Re-reading Gender in Suicide; 3 Durkheim's Social Recognition of Gender in Suicide; 4 'Fact-Finding Exercises': The Coroner, Suicide and Gender; 5 'What it Means to See': Reading Gender in Medical Examinations of Suicide; 6 The Visibility of Difference: Gender and Suicide in Psy-Knowledge; 7 Intriguing Events, Spectacular Deaths; What Now? Concluding Remarks; Bibliography; Index. - Drawing on diverse theoretical and textual sources, The Gender of Suicide presents a critical study of the ways in which contemporary society understands suicide, exploring suicide across a range of key expert bodies of knowledge. With attention to Durkheim's founding study of suicide, as well as discourses within sociology, law, medicine, psy-knowledge and newsprint media, this book demonstrates that suicide cannot be understood without understanding how gender shapes it, and without giving explicit attention to the manner in which prevailing claims privilege some interpretations and experien
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| Emner | Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena
Behavior Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms Behavioral Symptoms Vis mer... Defense Mechanisms
Environment and Public Health Epidemiologic Factors Gender Identity Health Care Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation Identification (Psychology) Personality Personality Development Psychiatry and Psychology Psychoanalytic Theory Psychological Phenomena and Processes Psychological Theory Psychosexual Development Public Health Quality of Health Care Self-Injurious Behavior Sex Factors Social Problems Sociology Suicidal Ideation Suicide -- Sociological aspects. Suicide. Criminology, Penology & Juvenile Delinquency Social Sciences Social Welfare & Social Work selvmord kjønn teori durkheim konstruksjon sosiologi |
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| ISBN | 9781409441410
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