Making Sense of Suicide

Title
Making Sense of Suicide
Publication Date
2011
Author(s)
McKay, Kathryn
Schlimme, Jann E
Type of document
Book
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Inter-Disciplinary Press
Place of publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
Edition
1
Series
Probing the Boundaries
UNE publication id
une:15862
Abstract
In 1973, A. Alvarez published the seminal and evocative work 'The Savage God: A Study of Suicide'. Inspired by his personal experiences of suicide, Alvarez sought to deconstruct the myriad myths which shrouded suicide at the time and delve into the reasons behind different suicidal performances. By looking at the act through various lenses, Alvarez sought to make sense of suicide; how something so destructive, so taboo, could also be something spoken about just like any other conversation topic, depending upon to whom you were speaking. Similarly inspired, in November 2010, the first Inter-Disciplinary.Net Global Conference on Suicide was held in Prague, Czech Republic. In an intimate conference arena, a group of people from various countries around the world, from many different backgrounds and possessing myriad lived experiences, tried to make sense of suicide.
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ISBN
9781848880689

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