Aboriginal suicide is different : a portrait of life and self-destruction
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Aboriginal suicide is different : a portrait of life and self-destruction
Aboriginal Studies Press, 2005
2nd ed
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Description based on reprinted 2007
"First published in 2001"--T.p. verso
Bibliography: p. 172-181
Includes index
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A portrait of life, and of self destruction, by young Australian Aboriginal men and women. The author suggests we look to our Australian Aboriginal history for an understanding of this relatively recent phenomenon. That so many young Australian Aboriginal people prefer death to life implies a rejection of what we, in the broader Australian society, have on offer. It reflects our failure, as a nation, to provide sufficient incentives for young Aborigines to remain alive.
Table of Contents
- Introduction to the Second Edition
- The Social and Political Contexts
- The Origins of the New Violence
- An Anthropology of Suicide
- The Prevalence of Aboriginal Suicide - Definitional Problems
- The Prevalence of Aboriginal Suicide - the Data
- Towards an Explanation of Aboriginal Suicide
- Contributing Factors - Aboriginal Community Values
- Contributing Factors - Societal Values
- Lessons from Abroad
- Towards Alleviation
- Index.
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