What is suicide? When does suicide start and when does it end? Who
is involved? Examining narratives of suicide through a discourse
analytic framework, Discursive Constructions of the Suicidal
Process demonstrates how linguistic theories and methodologies can
help answer these questions and cast light upon what suicide
involves and means, both for those who commit an act and their
loved ones. Engaging in close analysis of suicide letters written
before the act and post-hoc narratives from after the event, this
book is the first qualitative study to view suicide not as a single
event outside time, but as a time-extended process. Exploring how
suicide is experienced and narrated from two temporal perspectives,
Dariusz Galasinski and Justyna Ziolkowska introduce discourse
analysis to the field of suicidology. Arguing that studying suicide
narratives and the reality they represent can add significantly to
our understanding of the process, and in particular its experiences
and meanings, Discursive Constructions of the Suicidal Process
demonstrates the value of discourse analytic insights in informing,
enriching and contextualising our knowledge of suicide.
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