商品簡介
This book explores how the idea of suicide in Japan was shaped, reinterpreted and reinvented from the 1900s to the 1980s and provides a timely contribution to the underexplored history of suicide and 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, on group and gender.The book addresses a critical gap in the historical study of three particular fields, namely, history of suicide, history of death, and the cultural history of twentieth century Japan.
作者簡介
Francesca Di Marco is a cultural historian, specialized in the history of modern Japan. She is particularly interested in the history of death, history of suicide, and in the cultural history of twentieth century Japan.
