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- ISBN 9781529233469
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 17 Mar 2026
- Publisher: Bristol University Press
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Popular media are powerful mirrors and makers of meaning around suicide.
This book brings together scholars from across disciplines to examine how suicide is mythologized, politicized 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.
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.
