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Illustrations Maps 1. Study sites in Palawan, the Philippines 3 2. The Kulbi-Kenipaqan River basin, southern Palawan 22 Figures 1. Inland-coastal gradient 15 2. Age pyramid 20 3. Settlement types 23 4. Kinship diagram, Tegpen 26 5. Kinship diagram, Tegbituk 1989 27 6. Tegbituk core group in 1994 28 7. Tuking’s core group, 1976 30 8. Lilibuten in 1989 31 9. Genealogical chart, Lilibuten 1989 31 10. House design and floor plan 38 11. Diagram for the terms ugang, maman, and menak 64 12. The biras relationship 66 13. Settlement nucleus 75 14. Relationships between humans and spirits 122 15. Sumling and Durmin’s relatives 150 16. Related suicides, kin ties 178 17. Rentima’s kin 180 18. Multiple suicides, kinship diagram 192 19. Number of suicide cases per year in Kulbi 204 20. Male versus female suicide (88 cases) 206 21. Age curve (79 cases) 206 22. Male/female suicides per age (79 cases) 206 23. Male/female suicide per age range, 1978–1989 207 24. Male/female suicide per age range, 1990–2001 207 25. Chart showing alleged causes or motivations 210 26. Case studies versus statistics 228 27. Distribution of suicide per age among the Maria 251 28. Aggression, stress, and related dimensions in the anthropological interpretations of suicide 260 viii iillustrations ...

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