Uncultural Behavior : : An Anthropological Investigation of Suicide in the Southern Philippines / / Charles J-H Macdonald.
Until recently the people of Kulbi-Kenipaqan lived on the fringes of the modern world following traditional customs and beliefs, practicing shifting agriculture, and leading an outwardly peaceful existence in a remote corner of Palawan island. Yet this small community, basically indistinguishable in...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2006] ©2006 |
| Year of Publication: | 2006 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Monographs for the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University, English-Language Series
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (320 p.) :; 45 illus. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Transcription Notes
- Introduction
- Part One: Palawan Culture and Society
- 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
- Part Two: Suicide
- Sumling's Death
- Suicide Case Studies
- Profiles in Suicide
- The Anthropological Study of Suicide
- Explaining Suicide: Concluding Remarks
- Notes
- References
- Index