The Return of the Sun: Suicide and Reclamation Among Inuit of Arctic Canada

by Michael J. Kral

Inuit have among the highest suicide rates in the world - ten times the national average. Inuit narratives of suicide provide clues as to what can and in some cases has been done to combat the problem, but until recently they have not circulated far beyond Inuit communities themselves. At the same time, academic researchers have studied suicide among Indigenous peoples, but have stopped short of analyzing narrative accounts for their themes of cultural...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190269332
• ISBN13: 9780190269333
• Release Date: August 2019
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"