Suicide in Palestine
Subtitle: Narratives of Despair
Publisher: Hurst & Co.
Published: January 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 265
ISBN-13: 9781850657101
Subjects: Anthropology; Suicide; Palestine; Anthropology - Cultural; Archaeology / Anthropology
Description: This is an anthropological study of suicide in the contemporary Arab world. It discusses the effects of life under the Israeli occupation on the mental health of young Palestinians, using case studies of men and women who attempted suicide in the West Bank, in the city of Ramallah, and in Jenin.