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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style lang="EN-US">Dear
colleagues,</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style lang="EN-US">the book
“Queer Youth Suicide, Culture and Identity: Unliveable Lives?” new from Ashgate
may be of interest to those working in queer theory, youth studies, media and
communication studies and related areas.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style lang="EN-US">Cheers,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style lang="EN-US">Rob :)</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style lang="EN-US">QUEER YOUTH
SUICIDE, CULTURE AND IDENTITY: UNLIVEABLE LIVES</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Despite increasing tolerance, legal protections against
homophobia, and anti-discrimination policies throughout much of the western
world, suicide attempts by queer youth remain relatively high. For over twenty
years, research into queer youth suicide has debated reasons and risks, although
it has also often reiterated assumptions about sexual identity and youth
vulnerability. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Understanding the cultural context in which suicide becomes
a necessary escape from living an unliveable life is the key to queer youth
suicide prevention. This book uses cultural theory to outline some of the ways
in which queer youth suicide is perceived in popular culture, media and
research. It highlights how the ways in which we think about queer youth
suicide have changed over time and some of the benefits and limitations of
current thinking on the topic.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Focusing on identity, Queer Youth Suicide, Culture and Identity
also investigates why queer young men continue to attempt suicide. Drawing on
approaches from queer theory, cultural studies and sociology, it explores how
sexual identity formation, sexual shame and discrepancies in community belonging
and exclusions are implicated in the reasons why some queer youth are resilient
while others are vulnerable and at risk of suicide. As such, it will appeal to
scholars of sociology, media studies, queer theory and social theory with interests
in youth, gender and sexuality, and suicidology.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">AUTHOR</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Rob Cover is Associate Professor in Social and Cultural
Studies at the University of Western Australia.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">AVAILABLE FROM ASHGATE:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://bit.ly/QYS-Ashgate">http://bit.ly/QYS-Ashgate</a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">REVIEWS:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>‘Blending beautifully extant research with analyses of
media representations, Rob Cover shows us that queer youth do not seek death,
but an end to the pressure of making their sexual identities coherent, alongside
shame, vulnerability, homophobia and the cultural politics of coming out. We
must have a genuine interdisciplinary dialogue if we are ever to comprehend
queer life as resilient.’ </i>– Katrina Jaworski, University of South
Australia, Australia</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i>‘Informed by post-structuralism, queer theory and a
transdisciplinary ethos, this highly accessible text demonstrates the relevance
of culture studies to a topic dominated by psychological and sociological analyses.
Introducing debates on sexuality and suicidal risk while questioning the
explanatory frameworks and prevention strategies that might be applied to
issues of vulnerability and queer youth suicide this book is an important
marker in the emerging field of queer youth suicide.’<span style> </span></i>– Katherine Johnson, University of
Brighton, UK</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">____________________________________________</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dr Rob Cover</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Associate Professor, Communication & Media Studies</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The University of Western Australia</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Crawley WA 6009</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Rm 1.16, Social Sciences Building</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">+61 8 6488 4305 wk</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">0437 902 967 sms</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:rob.cover@uwa.edu.au">rob.cover@uwa.edu.au</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Profile:<span style>
</span><a href="http://www.uwa.edu.au/people/rob.cover">http://www.uwa.edu.au/people/rob.cover</a></p>
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<br clear="all">____________________________________________ <br><br>Dr Rob Cover<br>Associate Professor, Communication & Media Studies<br><br>Faculty of Arts<br>The University of Western Australia<br>Crawley WA 6009<br>
<br>+61 8 6488 4305 wk<br>0437 902 967 <br><a href="mailto:robcover@gmail.com" target="_blank">robcover@gmail.com</a><br>____________________________________________ <br>