'I drank it to put an end to me': Narrating girls' suicide and self-harm in Sri Lanka

Contributions to Indian Sociology

Volumn 46, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 53-82

  Marecek, Jeanne ^a   Senadheera, Chandanie ^b  

^a SWARTHMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Department of Psychiatry   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

gendered sexual morality; Sri Lanka; Youth suicide

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; GENDER ROLE; MORALITY; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE; WOMENS STATUS; YOUNG POPULATION;

SRI LANKA;

EID: 84861233552     PISSN: 00699667     EISSN: 09730648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/006996671104600204     Document Type: Article

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