num_pages: 172
description: This scholarly discussion places acts of body mutilation within a conceptual framework that explores their similarities and dissimilarities, but ultimately interprets them as acts that ask to be witnessed. The author explores self-mutilation through history and across cultural divisions, finding these acts
language: English
title: Mutilating The Body: Identity In Blood And Ink
titlecomplete: Mutilating The Body: Identity In Blood And Ink
ratings_count: 13
publisher: University of Wisconsin Press