Suicide in Different Ages From a Cross-Cultural Perspective (IN: Life Span Perspectives of Suicide: Time-Lines in the Suicide Process, ed. by A A Leenaars)

This article studies suicide from an anthropological approach. The author asserts each culture has rules for suicide, such as when it is acceptable, & how survivors of the death of a loved one should react. To illustrate, she describes adolescent suicide in the Pacific region of Melanesia, & the ritual killing of widows following the death of their husbands in Papua New Guinea. (VM)