Title Suicide in twentieth century Japan / Francesca Di Marco

Published Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2016

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Description 1 online resource Series Routledge studies in the modern history of Asia ; 115 Routledge studies in the modern history of Asia. Contents 1. Biologizing the meaning of suicide (1880s-1930s) -- 2. Culturalizing the meaning of suicide (1930s-1945) -- 3. Humanizing the meaning of suicide (1945-1960) -- 4. The triumph of the 'suicide nation' (1960-1985) Summary Japan's suicide phenomenon has fascinated both the media and academics, although many questions and paradoxes embedded in the debate on suicide have remained unaddressed in the existing literature, including the assumption that Japan is a "Suicide Nation". This tendency causes common misconceptions about the suicide phenomenon and its features. Aiming to redress the situation, this book explores how the idea of suicide in Japan was shaped, reinterpreted and reinvented from the 1900s to the 1980s. Providing a timely contribution to the underexplored history of suicide, it also adds to the current heated debates on the contemporary way we organize our thoughts on life and death, health and wealth, on the value of the individual, and on gender. The book explores the genealogy and development of modern suicide in Japan by examining the ways in which beliefs about the nation's character, historical views of suicide, and the cultural legitimation of voluntary death acted to influence even the scientific conceptualization of suicide in Japan Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Suicide -- Japan -- History -- 20th century Seppuku -- History -- 20th century Suicide -- Sociological aspects. National characteristics, Japanese. HISTORY -- Asia -- General. National characteristics, Japanese Seppuku Suicide Suicide -- Sociological aspects Japan Genre/Form Electronic books History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781317384298 1317384296 9781315676142 1315676141 9781317384281 1317384288 9781317384274 131738427X

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