TY - JOUR PY - 1979// TI - Partial death as a defining characteristic of a subculture JO - Suicide and life-threatening behavior A1 - Malamuth, P. SP - 185 EP - 191 VL - 9 IS - 3 N2 - This paper presents a discussion of the idea of "partial death" as it relates to the subculture of the beats or hypsters, especially in San Francisco, from about 1948 to 1964, with special emphasis on the works of Kerouac and Ginsberg and a study by Rigney and Smith. LA - SN - 0363-0234 UR - http://dx.doi.org/ ID - ref1 ER -