347 KB118 KB201220252024Remec, Metaštevilka:2letnik:64str. 152-186ISSN:0353-0329DOI:10.51663/pnz.64.2.08COBISSID_HOST:212549123URN:URN:NBN:SI:doc-XCYMTA36enInštitut za novejšo zgodovinoPrispevki za novejšo zgodovinocourt filesDrava BanateDravska banovinafemale suicidemicrohistorymikrozgodovinamurder-suicidesamomor žensksamomorisocial historysocialna zgodovinasodni spisisuicideumor-samomorSilent witnesses - micro-historical perspectives on suicide in the court records of the first half of the 20th century|Based on the archival materials from the Celje and Maribor District Courts (Kreisgerichte) and the specific cases from the Trbovlje County Court (Bezirksgericht), referring to the areas with the highest suicide rates in the Drava Banate, this article examines suicide in the first half of the 20th century. Based on individual cases from judicial practice, as well as newspaper reports, the article sheds light on the social, economic and regional conditions in the considered areas in the first half of the 20th century, as well as the position of women in society and the prevalence of family and sexual violence. At the time when the increasing suicide rates were attributed to the aftermath of World War I, the effects of the economic crisis, and alcoholism, the article analyses the presence and gradual dominance of psychological and psychiatric discourse in determining the causes of individual suicides. By analysing the individual cases, the author presents the attitude towards suicide in rural areas – the shame and stigma still felt by the family members when a relative of theirs commits suicide. The author analyses cases where either the suicide could not be identified or when the corps of the deceased was not found, as well as cases of suicide due to fear and/or shame due to crimes committed. Furthermore, the article focuses on the phenomenon of female suicide and, in this context, on the examples of murder-suicide and the role of women in them, analyses the contemporaneous media discourse, and describes the course of the investigations in the cases where it was not clear whether the death had resulted from suicide or murderČlanek na podlagi arhivskega gradiva Okrožnega sodišča Celje, Okrožnega sodišča v Mariboru ter posameznih primerov iz Okrajnega sodišča Trbovlje, ki so imela pristojnost na območjih z najvišjo stopnjo samomorilnosti v okviru Dravske banovine, obravnava primere samomora v prvi polovici 20. stoletja na mikro ravni. Na podlagi posameznih primerov iz sodne prakse, pa tudi časopisnih poročil, članek osvetljuje socialne, ekonomske in regionalne razmere na obravnavanih območjih v prvi polovici 20. stoletja, kot tudi položaj žensk v družbi ter razširjenost družinskega in spolnega nasilja. V obdobju, ko so naraščajoče stopnje samomorilnosti pripisovali posledicam 1. svetovne vojne, vplivu ekonomske krize in alkoholizma, analizira prisotnost in postopno prevlado psihološkega in psihiatričnega diskurza v zvezi z določanjem vzrokov za posamezne primere samomorov. Preko analize posameznih primerov avtorica prikaže odnos do samomora na podeželju ter sramoto in stigmo, ki so jo družinski članki še vedno čutili ob samomoru sorodnika. Avtorica analizira primere ko bodisi samomorilca ni bilo mogoče identificirati ali ko truplo pokojnika ni bilo najdeno ter primere samomorov zaradi strahu in/ali sramote zaradi zagrešenih kaznivih dejanj. Poleg tega namenja posebno pozornost fenomenu samomora žensk ter znotraj teh s primeri umora-samomora ter vloge žensk pri tem, analizira takratni medijski diskurz ter prikaže potek preiskav v primerih, ko ni bilo jasno, ali je smrt nastopila kot posledica samomora ali umoraTEXTznanstveno časopisjejournalsSlovenian National E-content AggregatorNational and University Library of SloveniaInštitut za novejšo zgodovino