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Sociology and Anthropology Vol. 3(7), pp. 327 - 334
DOI: 10.13189/sa.2015.030701
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A Sociological Perspective on Suicide in Rural China: A Case Study of G Village in Gansu Province between 1956 and 2009
Shenghai He *
Department of Ethnology and Sociology, Inner Mongolia University, China
ABSTRACT
This essay, taking G village in the northwest minority regions of China as an example, analyzes the quotas quo, types, characteristics, major causes, effects and the trend of suicide cases from sociological perspectives. Based on the data collected from 1956 to 2009, it is hoped to articulate various reasons of suicide that happened in the rural villages of China. And, more importantly, via these suicide cases, a great epic of social change in rural areas of China can be depicted to represent the experience of modernization in minority regions of China. It is found that suicide is significantly related with social characteristics (such as the degree of social liberal, economic model, power structure).The means, causes, quantity and characteristic of suicide vary at different historical stages.
KEYWORDS
Suicide, Society, Social Change, China
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(a). IEEE Format:
[1] Shenghai He , "A Sociological Perspective on Suicide in Rural China: A Case Study of G Village in Gansu Province between 1956 and 2009," Sociology and Anthropology, Vol. 3, No. 7, pp. 327 - 334, 2015. DOI: 10.13189/sa.2015.030701.
(b). APA Format:
Shenghai He (2015). A Sociological Perspective on Suicide in Rural China: A Case Study of G Village in Gansu Province between 1956 and 2009. Sociology and Anthropology, 3(7), 327 - 334. DOI: 10.13189/sa.2015.030701.