Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Figures ix
4. Note on Names, Romanization, and Translation xi
5. Acknowledgments xiii
6. Introduction 1
7. 1 Thoughts at the Precipice 18
8. Part One. Mapping Suicide: Jisatsu Meisho, the Poetic Places of Suicide
9. Introduction 45
10. 2 Mount Mihara’s Same-Sex Suicides and Flippant Flips 52
11. 3 Suicide Maps and Manuals 69
12. 4 Aokigahara Jukai, Sea of Trees 87
13. Part Two. Noting Suicide: Isho, the Writings Left Behind
14. Introduction 111
15. 5 A Note to an Old Friend, or Two 120
16. 6 A Note for Oneself 141
17. 7 A Note to the Nation 148
18. 8 Autothanatography, or the Exorbitant Call to Write One’s Own Death 169
19. Part Three. Mourning in Multimedia
20. Einleitung 191
21. 9 Copycat Poets and Suicides 193
22. 10 Death in Mixed Media 209
23. Epilogue: Dialoguing with the Dead 245
24. Notes 249
25. References 299
26. Index 313