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Uncultural behavior : an anthropological investigation of suicide in the southern Philippines /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Macdonald, Charles J-H
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press, [2007]
Series:English language series ; no. 21.
Monographs of the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University.
Subjects:
Ethnopsychology > Philippines.
Suicide > Philippines.
Palawan (Philippine people) > Social conditions.
Palawan (Philippine people) > Psychology.
Palawan (Philippine people) > Suicidal behavior.
Philippines > Social conditions.
Philippines > Religion.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • The Kulbi-Kenipaqan River Basin and its people
  • Material culture and the symbolic structure of everyday life
  • Social organization
  • The spiritual world of the Kulbi people
  • Personhood, emotions, and moral values
  • Sumling's death
  • Suicide : case studies
  • Profiles in suicide
  • The anthropological study of suicide
  • Explaining suicide : concluding remarks.