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Suicide Movies: Social patterns 1900 to 2009
Author(s) -
Lineberry Timothy W.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
acta psychiatrica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.849
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1600-0447
pISSN - 0001-690X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2012.01851.x
Subject(s) - citation , library science , social media , psychology , world wide web , medicine , computer science
Considering how often it is said that suicide is a taboo subject , it is intriguing to note that Stack and Bowman find that it is a topic frequently portrayed in film (as it is in the arts throughout history). They guide the reader through a detailed, and painstakingly thorough methodology for coding and analyzing suicide movies. Their premise, throughout, appears to be that the arts can enhance science’s understanding of suicide. Similarly, at every opportunity, research about reallife trends in suicide is laid next to artistic trends seen in films. This often leads the reader to insightful (and well-supported) conclusions about how social perceptions of suicide either enhance or diverge from the real world facts.