Suicide in Different Ages from a Cross-Cultural Perspective

摘要: The advantage of an anthropological approach to understanding suicides that occur at different times in the life cycle and cultures is anthropology offers analytical perspective concerned with cultural context which occur. Anthropology seeks explain suicide as being a culturally constructed act performed system meaning. meaning communicates, variety ways we shall see below, rules for those who would kill themselves code survivors must interpret message was attempting convey. These are part shared about death: They identify may legitimately commit well why how it be done. specify, effect, under some circumstances appropriate certain types persons suicide. also provide script actor should follow if he intends his death communicate survivors. This establishes what steps precede deed method use. If follows rules, can expect relatives friends respond predictable ways. person contemplating will refer these publicly understandings planning for, by so doing, legitimize give death, both himself others. He able control consequences establish agenda kin response death.