Fighting back is not the way
Suicide and the women of Kaliai
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2465201 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Dorothy Ayers Counts (University of Waterloo, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1980 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 332-351 |
| Publication date | 1980-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Ethnologist (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0094-0496 • E-ISSN: 1548-1425 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1525/ae.1980.7.2.02a00070 |
| OpenAlex | W2157004198 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 36 |
| References cited | 13 |
A case study of the suicide of a young Kaliai girl in northwest New Britain, Papua New Guinea introduces a discussion of suicide as an expression of power by otherwise powerless people, and a consideration of the validity of using the legal terms suicide and homicide in a cross-cultural context. Data on different forms of self-killing practiced by Kaliai women support the argument that these terms are inadequate and inappropriate when applied to people who do not share European legal and cultural traditions. [suicide, women, political behavior, comparative legal systems, Melanesia
Argument (complex analysis · Context (archaeology · Criminology · Developmental psychology · Ethnology · Girl · Homicide · Medical emergency · New guinea · Poison control · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Sociology · Suicide prevention · Gender Studies · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · History · Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse · Intimate Partner and Family Violence · Law · Medicine · Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 36 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,8 |
| Citation span | 1981 - 2025 (45) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 34 |