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Uncultural behavior : an anthropological investigation of suicide in the southern Philippines / Charles J-H Macdonald.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Macdonald, Charles J-H.
Series:
Monographs of the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University ; 21.
Monographs of the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University, English-language series ; no. 21
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Palawan (Philippine people)--Suicidal behavior.
Palawan (Philippine people).
Palawan (Philippine people)--Psychology.
Palawan (Philippine people)--Social conditions.
Suicide--Philippines.
Suicide.
Ethnopsychology--Philippines.
Ethnopsychology.
Religion.
Social conditions.
Psychology.
Suicidal behavior.
Philippines--Religion.
Philippines.
Philippines--Social conditions.
Physical Description:
xiii, 307 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
Place of Publication:
Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press, [2007]
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.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-297) and index.
ISBN:
0824830601
0824831039
OCLC:
70292008
Publisher Number:
9780824830601
9780824831035

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