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Uncultural Behavior - 9780824831035

Un libro in lingua di Macdonald Charles J h edito da Univ of Hawaii Pr, 2006

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This volume examines the high rate of suicide by the Palawan people of Kulbi-Kenipaqan in the Southern Philippines. Beginning with a description of Palawan culture and society, MacDonald follows with the story of one woman's death and how the society viewed it. He recounts other suicides documented through kinsfolk and acquaintances of victims and gives statistical information that shows patterns from which he draws five profiles. He also discusses approaches to suicide in anthropological literature, and describes his own hypothesis of looking at it from a perspective of biology and psychology, sociology, and history. The volume is aimed at Philippinists, Asianists, social anthropologists, ethno-psychologists, and those studying suicidal behavior. Fieldwork used in the book began in 1970 and spanned up to 2002. MacDonald (U. de la Méditeranée, France) is a social anthropologist associated with the French National Center for Scientific Research. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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