Gender and the cultural construction of good and bad suicides

Journal/Book: Suicide Life Threaten Behav. 1998; 28: 72 Spring Street, New York, NY 10012. Guilford Publications Inc. 37-49.

Abstract: Some cultures distinguish two or more types of suicide which are evaluated differently. The more acceptable or esteemed ones are often not equally accessible to everyone within the same society. This article focuses on gender differences in the cultural construction of suicide options, and on the exclusion of women from superior options. The analysis is based on ethnographic and historical data from Native Americans of the Great Plains, Muslim societies in Southeast Asia, and tribal societies in the Amazon area of South America.

Note: Article Andriolo KR, SUNY Albany, Honors Program, Coll Hall H111, New Paltz,NY 12561 USA

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