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Coping and Suicide amongst the Lads: Expectations of Masculinity in Post-Traditional Ireland
F. Garcia
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Description for Coping and Suicide amongst the Lads: Expectations of Masculinity in Post-Traditional Ireland
Hardback. This ethnographic account of male suicide in Ireland deals examines the young Irish working class males who are coping with life's stressors in ways that differ significantly from their female peers. Irish suicide statistics and local testimonies indicate how gender specific pain and distress really is and what it means to be male in Ireland today. Series: Global Masculinities. Num Pages: 235 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; JFF; JFSJ2; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 450.
For every female suicide in Ireland, there are five male suicides. This book is based on fieldwork done in and around Cork, Ireland between 2008 and 2012 among some forty young lads, aged 18-34. This anthropological approach aims to help explain why some groups in a specific society or community are more prone to commit suicide than others. In addition to suicide, this book focuses extensively on related issues such as alcohol, drug abuse, and other self-destructive behaviors prominent within Irish lad culture. This includes peer pressures and loyalties, chauvinistic jargon, homophobic bullying, humor, and the culture of mocking so ... Read more
For every female suicide in Ireland, there are five male suicides. This book is based on fieldwork done in and around Cork, Ireland between 2008 and 2012 among some forty young lads, aged 18-34. This anthropological approach aims to help explain why some groups in a specific society or community are more prone to commit suicide than others. In addition to suicide, this book focuses extensively on related issues such as alcohol, drug abuse, and other self-destructive behaviors prominent within Irish lad culture. This includes peer pressures and loyalties, chauvinistic jargon, homophobic bullying, humor, and the culture of mocking so ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
Global Masculinities
Condition
New
Weight
449g
Number of Pages
235
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137530325
SKU
V9781137530325
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99-15
About F. Garcia
Felicia Garcia holds a Master's Degree in Social Anthropology from Stockholm University, Sweden, based on a field study of malandros (gangsters) in Caracas, Venezuela. She concluded a second Master's degree in Developing Democracy in 2008 at the University of Uppsala, Sweden. She received her PhD in Anthropology at the National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Republic of Ireland.
Reviews for Coping and Suicide amongst the Lads: Expectations of Masculinity in Post-Traditional Ireland
This analysis of the causes of suicide among young working class Irish males is timely and the author's conclusion - that the origins are mainly socio-cultural - is accurate. High levels of unemployment prevent these men from establishing autonomous lives in the traditional sense and the internalization of outmoded forms of masculinity constrain them from seeking help. In this time ... Read more