Coping and suicide amongst the lads : expectations of masculinity in post-traditional Ireland / Felicia Garcia.
Material type:
TextSeries: Global masculinities seriesPublication details: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.Description: xvii, 235 pages ; 23 cmISBN: - 9781137530325
- 1137530324
- Suicide -- Ireland
- Young men -- Suicidal behavior -- Ireland
- Young men -- Ireland -- Social conditions
- Working class men -- Ireland -- Social conditions
- Masculinity -- Ireland
- Social science -- Anthropology -- Cultural
- Suicide -- psychology
- Men -- psychology
- Young Adult -- psychology
- Masculinity
- Gender Identity
- Social Change
- 362.28 GAR
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Standard Loan | Moylish Library Main Collection | 362.28 GAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 39002100630111 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
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 as to grasp the cultural expectations of this particular form of masculinity. The everyday workings of gender segregation and gender-appropriateness is examined in detail by informants while addressing the underlying question whether increased gender equality--which includes men--could lessen young men's vulnerability to self-destructive behaviors and suicide in Ireland.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-230) and index.
Author notes provided by Syndetics
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.