Self-Injury, Medicine and Society: Authentic Bodies

By Amy Chandler

Book Overview

Introduction. Constructing and Situating an Embodied, Sociological Account of Self-Injury.- Chapter 1. The Injury and the Wound: Facing the Corporeality of Self-Injury.- Chapter 2. A Critical View on Emotions and Self-Injury.- Chapter 3. Visibility, Help-Seeking and Attention-Seeking.- Chapter 4. Self-Injury, Biomedicine and Boundaries.- Chapter 5. Authentic Bodies, Authentic Selves.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349680664
• ISBN13: 9781349680665
• Release Date: January 2020
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 217 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.8" x 8.3"