The Gender of Suicide: Knowledge Production, Theory and Suicidology

by Katrina Jaworski

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 experiences of suicide above others. Revealing the masculine and masculinist terms in which our current knowledge of suicide is constructed, The Gender of Suicide, explores the relationship between our grasp of suicide and problematic ideas connected to the body, agency, violence, race and sexuality. As such, it will appeal to sociologists and social theorists, as well as scholars of cultural studies, philosophy, law and psychology.

208 pages, Hardcover

First published March 18, 2014

Reviews

[math · Rating 4 out of 5]

single-handedly saved my thesis

[Graham Holloway · Rating 5 out of 5]

An essential book that looks at why men commit suicide, why women commit suicide, how these suicides are performed, how these suicides are portrayed, and how society and gender shape these behaviors. My only issue is that the author uses the word I a bit too much for my liking. I counted one paragraph where she used 'I' seven times.

[Andy · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 more likely, sometimes hard to understand the point the author wanted to make, but eventually you get it

[Nico Méndez · Rating 2 out of 5]

Nunca entendí de donde se sacó sus argumentos y porque todo lo dice con mucha certeza ????