Bodies under siege
Subtitle: self-mutilation, nonsuicidal self-injury, and body modification in culture and psychiatry
By: Armando R. Favazza
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press; The Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Baltimore
Language: eng
Number of pages: 333
ISBN-13: 9780801899652; 9780801899669
Description: Bodies under Siege remains the classic, authoritative book on self-mutilation. Armando Favazza's pioneering work identified a wide range of forces, many of them cultural and societal, that compel or impel people to mutilate themselves. This new edition examines the explosive growth in the incidence of self-injurious behaviors and body modification practices.--[book cover].
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Mutilative beliefs, attitudes, practices, and images; title: Self-mutilation in myths of creation, shamanism, and religion; title: Self-mutilation and eating disorders; title: Animals and automutilation; title: The head and its parts; title: The limbs; title: The skin; title: The genitals; title: Understanding self-mutilation and nonsuicidal self-injury : culturally sanctioned practices and pathological behavior; title: The assessment, psychology, and biology of self-injury; title: Treatment; title: Personal reflections.