By Their Own Hand
Irreconcilable Silence
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2385202 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Carol A Isaac (University of Wisconsin-Madison Center for Women's Health Research), Carol Isaac (0000-0002-0981-863X, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 8 |
| Pages | 1209-1220 |
| Publication date | 2007-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Qualitative Inquiry (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1077-8004 • E-ISSN: 1552-7565 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1077800407308820 |
| OpenAlex | W2043300323 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 5 |
The word suicide takes on a life of its own. People are both repulsed and intrigued by the word and the silence it brings. Those who survive a loved one's suicide face the inherent contradictions that exist in society: a mixture of sympathy and disgust, spectacle and removal. The author's sister was a clinical neurologist working at a well-known, top-tier medical institution who committed suicide in reaction to thwarted efforts to obtain a tenured position. As a result, the author faced within herself a mixture of horror and wonder, isolation and community, and anger and stillness. A survivor's grief has no structure, and feelings and thoughts meander without rhyme or reason like the primitive rhizome as an uncovered memory constantly stops in the middle and unfolds to another. This autoethnographic article explores Deleuze and Guattari's oppositional binaries and the author's compelling need to search the silence
Aesthetics · Anger · Art · Face (sociological concept · Feeling · Grief · Psychoanalysis · Psychotherapist · Silence · Sociology · Sympathy · Wonder · Empathy and Medical Education · Higher Education Practises and Engagement · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,39 |
| Citation span | 2008 - 2022 (15) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |