Suicide and Agency
Author | : Dr Ludek Broz |
Publisher | : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. |
Total Pages | : 241 |
Release | : 2015-12-28 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781472457912 |
ISBN-13 | : 1472457919 |
Rating | : 4/5 (12 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Suicide and Agency by : Dr Ludek Broz
Download or read book Suicide and Agency written by Dr Ludek Broz and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2015-12-28 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Suicide and Agency offers an original and timely challenge to existing ways of understanding suicide. Through the use of rich and detailed case studies, the authors assembled in this volume explore how interplay of self-harm, suicide, personhood and agency varies markedly across site (Greenland, Siberia, India, Palestine and Mexico) and setting (self-run leprosy colony, suicide bomb attack, cash-crop farming, middle-class mothering).