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Suicide Influences and Factors: Rock Music (IN: Macmillan Encyclopedia of Death and Dying, vol.2: L-Z, ed. by R Kastenbaum)
Proud L~~Cheng K
The authors discuss the use of suicide as a trope frequently employed to express rebellion in rock music. The concerns of scholars & others who suspect a link between such controversial music & suicide completion, particularly among adolescents, are reviewed. (7 refs)