[University of Toronto Press]
Kategoria: Książki / Literatura obcojęzyczna
Suicide is one of the leading causes of death worldwide,
with more than one million fatalities each year. During the
post-war period, the rate of completed suicides has risen
dramatically, es...
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Suicide is one of the leading causes of death worldwide, with more
than one million fatalities each year. During the post-war period,
the rate of completed suicides has risen dramatically, especially
among young men and Aboriginal peoples living in the Western world.
While this has naturally led to growing concern amongst health care
practitioners and policy experts, relatively little is known about
the history of attempted and completed suicide. Histories of
Suicide is the first book to examine the history of suicide in
diverse national contexts, including Japan, Scotland, Australia,
Soviet Russia, Peru, United States, France, South Africa, and
Canada, to reveal the different social, political, economic, and
cultural factors that inform our understanding of suicide. This
interdisciplinary collection of essays assembles historians, health
economists, anthropologists, and sociologists, who examine the
history of suicide from a variety of approaches to provide crucial
insight into how suicide differs across nations, cultures, and time
periods.Focusing on developments from the eighteenth century to the
present, the contributors examine vitally important topics such as
the medicalization of suicide, representations of mental illness,
psychiatric disputes, and the frequency of suicide amongst
soldiers. An illuminating volume of studies, Histories of Suicide
is a fascinating examination of the phenomenon of self-destruction
throughout different historical periods and nations.
