[Commlist] New book: Youth and Suicide in American Cinema: Context, Causes, and Consequences

Youth and Suicide in American Cinema: Context, Causes, and Consequences

https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-08686-1 
<https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-08686-1>


by Alessandra Seggi, MA, PhD

Fulbright Scholar


Palgrave Macmillan 2022


This book explores the depiction of suicide in American youth films from 
1900 to 2019. Anchored in Sociology, this multidisciplinary study 
investigates the causes and consequences of suicide and uncovers the 
socio-cultural context for the development of youth, film, and suicide. 
While such cinematic portrayals seem to privilege external explanations 
of suicide versus internal or psychological ones, overall they are 
neither rich nor sensitive. Most are simplistic, limited or at the very 
least unbalanced. At times, they are flatly controversial. In light of 
this overall problematic depiction of suicide, this book offers a 
proactive approach to empower young audiences—a media literacy strategy 
to embrace while watching these films.


Table of Content


1 Introduction


2 Youth, Film, Culture, and Society


3 Youth Film and Adolescent Experiences


4 Away from Reactive Prescriptions


5 Toward a Proactive Approach and Practice: A Media Literacy Strategy


6 Theoretical Bricolage and Suicide


7 The Etiology of Suicide in Youth Film


8 Before, During, and After a Suicide


9 A Foil and a Game Changer: Archie’s Final Project


10 A Conundrum Evolving: 13 Reason Why


11 Strain in Social Relationships Around Suicide


12 Recurrent Life Themes


13 Conclusion: The Bigger Picture


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