The French classical sociologist Émile Durkheim in his ground-breaking research Le Suicide (1897/2002), drew attention to the role of socio-cultural perspectives in meaningfully understanding the study of suicide. Since then, there has been a growing scholarly interest in exploring the diverse associations between suicide and culture. The case for Bangladesh, however, proves otherwise. This chapter attempts to extricate the cultural perspective of suicide in Bangladesh. Drawing predominantly on the existing literature, it synthesises the prevailing manifestations of cultural elements affecting suicide and captures the deep relationships between cultural indices (e.g., religion, gender, legal status, methods, demographic characteristics, intervention, and research) and suicide. Unfortunately, as a country, Bangladesh has not yet developed a positive culture of help-seeking in the event of suicidality, due to a strong sense of collective stigma and shame. Considering the grievous situation of suicide, Bangladesh must adopt culturally sensitive interventions to appropriately address the problem.

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Cultural Perspectives of Suicide in Bangladesh

  • Anisur Rahman Khan

摘要

The French classical sociologist Émile Durkheim in his ground-breaking research Le Suicide (1897/2002), drew attention to the role of socio-cultural perspectives in meaningfully understanding the study of suicide. Since then, there has been a growing scholarly interest in exploring the diverse associations between suicide and culture. The case for Bangladesh, however, proves otherwise. This chapter attempts to extricate the cultural perspective of suicide in Bangladesh. Drawing predominantly on the existing literature, it synthesises the prevailing manifestations of cultural elements affecting suicide and captures the deep relationships between cultural indices (e.g., religion, gender, legal status, methods, demographic characteristics, intervention, and research) and suicide. Unfortunately, as a country, Bangladesh has not yet developed a positive culture of help-seeking in the event of suicidality, due to a strong sense of collective stigma and shame. Considering the grievous situation of suicide, Bangladesh must adopt culturally sensitive interventions to appropriately address the problem.