Crônica de uma morte anunciada: do suicídio entre os Sorowaha

Authors

  • João Dal Poz Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso; Departamento de Ciências Sociais

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0034-77012000000100004

Keywords:

Sorow, Ar, South-American ethnol, de, suic, individ

Abstract

The practice of suicide through the ingestion of a fish poison juice (konaha) among the Sorowaha, a indigenous people that lives on the medium river Purus (AM, Brazil) and speaks an Arawa language, mediates closely the relations between the individuals and their society and projects a social totality by means of a individual ritual drama. The phenomenon relevance are evident not only by the mortality rates that the suicide causes - about a hundred times the western averages - but also by the unusual frequency that attempts happen there. The present essay examines the sociological variables of that death pattern and proposes another analytic dimensions.

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Published

2000-01-01

Issue

Vol. 43 No. 1 (2000)

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How to Cite

Poz, J. D. (2000). Crônica de uma morte anunciada: do suicídio entre os Sorowaha . Revista De Antropologia, 43(1), 89-144. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0034-77012000000100004