Suicide in Twentieth-Century Japan

This book explores how the idea of suicide in Japan was shaped, reinterpreted and reinvented from the 1900s to the 1980s. It provides a timely contribution to the underexplored history of suicide and to the current debates on the contemporary way we organize our thoughts on life and death, health and wealth, the value of the individual, and gender.

Author: Francesca Di Marco
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 02/03/2016
Pages: 198
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.20w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9781138937765

About the Author

Francesca Di Marco is an independent researcher and cultural historian, specialising in the history of modern Japan.