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Beverly Lowry

Leaving You | The Cultural Meaning of Suicide Meditations overstressed individuals overcome obstacles andAt heart, suicide is a subversive act: the assertion of individual will against public authority. How is it, then, that the act of suicideone with defiant political implicationshas come to be viewed as the last refuge of the self destructive victim? In Leaving You, Lisa Lieberman explores the puzzle of this reigning perception of suicide. Drawing on diverse sources, from biblical stories to Romantic novels, philosophical theories, and psychiatric