Race and Suicide in South Africa

Originally published in 1976 Race and Suicide in South Africa synthesises the two dimensions of suicide: the personal and the social phenomenon. Its approach is Durkheimian in the use of court records, and phenomenological in the examination of actual cases.

List of contents

Part 1: Suicide Incidence 1. Methodological Problems in the Study of Suicide 2. Sociological and Psychological Causes of Suicide 3. The Durban Records 4. The Incidence of Suicide Part 2: Suicide and Social Status 5. The Relation Between Suicide, Social Integration and Social Status 6. Race, Sex and Social Integration 7. Religion and Language as Indices of Social Status among Indians and their Relation to the Suicide Rate 8. Residential Areas, Status and Integration 9. Suicide, Age, Status and Integration 10. Occupation, Status and Integration Part 3: Suicide and Other Social Factors 11. Marital Status, Family and Suicide 12. Temporal Factors 13. Methods Adopted in Committing Suicide Part 4: Humanizing Statistics 14. The Probable Factors Precipitating Suicide 15. The Psychological and Emotional States of Suicides 16. Social Factors 17. The Construction of Suicide Models 18. Selected Cases in Greater Depth 19. Case Studies 20. Suicide Notes.

About the author

Fatima Meer was was a South African writer, academic, screenwriter, and prominent anti-apartheid activist.

Summary

Originally published in 1976 Race and Suicide in South Africa synthesises the two dimensions of suicide: the personal and the social phenomenon. Its approach is Durkheimian in the use of court records, and phenomenological in the examination of actual cases.

Product details

• Authors: Fatima Meer, Meer Fatima
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.07.2024
• EAN: 9781032326757
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3232675-7
• No. of pages: 322
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: South Africa
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology; Ethnic Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Black Studies (Global), HISTORY / Africa / South / Republic of South Africa, Republic of South Africa, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes & Economic Disparity, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Race & Ethnic Relations