Macdonald, Charles J-H.

Uncultural behavior an anthropological investigation of suicide in the southern Philippines / [electronic resource] : Charles J-H Macdonald. - Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press, c2007. - xiii, 307 p. : ill. - Monographs of the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University English-language series ; no. 21 . - Monographs of the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University. English language series ; no. 21. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-297) and index.

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.


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Palawan (Philippine people)--Suicidal behavior.
Palawan (Philippine people)--Psychology.
Palawan (Philippine people)--Social conditions.
Suicide--Philippines.
Ethnopsychology--Philippines.


Philippines--Religion.
Philippines--Social conditions.


Electronic books.

DS666.P34 / M23 2007eb

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