Suizidalität im Alltagsdiskurs: populare Deutungen des "Selbstmords" im 20. Jahrhundert

'Starting with gender specific suicide rates, this essay analyzes popular interpretations of suicide in the 20th century in German-speaking countries. Under the term suicidal tendencies, all thoughts, notices, attempts and committed suicides are summarized. In a first step it will be shown that suicide was for both men and women a topic of autobiographical writing. They used the German term 'Selbs…