Narrating death: Affective reworking of suicide in rural Greece

Social Anthropology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 189-199

  Pipyrou, Stavroula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Affect; Gossip; Greece; Narrative; Suicide

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900473094     PISSN: 09640282     EISSN: 14698676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1469-8676.12069     Document Type: Article

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