The Gender of Suicide

’Approaching the concept of suicide from the perspectives of gender and culture, Katrina Jaworski presents a beautifully-written and theoretically engaging account of suicide that troubles key cultural ideas of agency, intent, bodies, psychology and selfhood. This thoughtful and ethical book analyses across a range of important discourses of suicide to present new approaches to understanding suicide in the context of gender, bodies, culture and subjectivity.’ Rob Cover, University of Western Australia, Australia ’In this lucidly written, carefully researched and critically astute study, Katrina Jaworski brings to our attention something that is too easily obscured in everyday discourse - the ways in which gender norms shape our interpretation of the acts and practices associated with suicide. With its detailed attention to expert knowledge practices as well as popular discourses, this book challenges us to reflect critically on what we think we know about suicide, and (just as importantly) the manner in which we have come to know it. The book is crucial reading for those who are concerned with the terms through which living and dying come to make sense.’ Kane Race, University of Sydney, Australia