TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2003//
TI  - Suicide in a South African town: A cultural psychological investigation
JO  - South African journal of psychology
A1  - Laubscher, L.R.
SP  - 133
EP  - 143
VL  - 33
IS  - 3
N2  - Paarl, a large South African town, has experienced a dramatic increase in suicide among young, professional Coloured men during the period 1990 to 2000. Interviews were conducted with surviving family members and friends, and subjected to a qualitative, interpretative analysis. Theoretically and methodologically, cultural psychology is presented as a critical alternative to mainstream academic literature on suicide within psychology and sociology. Hence, the suicides of the young men are read as a cultural phenomenon within a particular post-Apartheid context. Cultural certitude and identity are presented as organising dialectic and phenomenological hermeneutic.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0081-2463
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/008124630303300301
ID  - ref1
ER  -