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Favazza, Armando R.

Bodies under Siege : Self-Mutilation and Body Modification in Culture and Psychiatry - Second Edition

Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996

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Year of publication
1996
ISBN
0801853001
Place of printing
Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
Author
Favazza, Armando R.
Publishers
Johns Hopkins University Press
Size
8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Edition
Second Edition
Keyword
CULTURAL PSYCHIATRY SELF MUTILATION MEDICAL GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY, PSYCHOPATHOLOGY Bodies under Siege : Self-Mutilation and Body, Modification in Culture and Psychiatry - Second Edition 373, pages including index. Skin cutting and burning, biting off fingertips, even castration and eye enucleation are acts of self-mutilation, generally associated with mental illness. But, according to Dr. Armando Favazza, these horrifying behaviors have important parallels to, culturally sanctioned practices such as body piercing, tattooing, branding, and other forms of body modification. "A comprehensive, historical, anthropological, ethnological, and clinical account of self-mutilation." - Journal of the, American Medical Association. Unmarked. Light wear. Some curling, to glossy front cover. Psychology
Binding description
S Paperback
State of preservation
Very Good
Languages
English
Binding
Softcover
First edition
No

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373 pages including index. Skin cutting and burning, biting off fingertips, even castration and eye enucleation are acts of self-mutilation generally associated with mental illness. But, according to Dr. Armando Favazza, these horrifying behaviors have important parallels to culturally sanctioned practices such as body piercing, tattooing, branding, and other forms of body modification. "A comprehensive historical, anthropological, ethnological, and clinical account of self-mutilation." - Journal of the American Medical Association. Unmarked. Light wear. Some curling to glossy front cover. Book
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