Title: Mutilating the body
First published: 1997
Description: Mutilating the Body: Identity in Blood and Ink is an analysis of the different ways in which people use their bodies for self-expression that considers the significance of body modification and how different forms of body art and alteration serve individual and cultural needs. The book also addresses eating disorders, self-cutting, and ritualized consensual sadomasochism.
Subjects: Tattooing, Self-mutilation, Body piercing, Self Mutilation, Psychology, Self Concept, Body Image
LC classification: RC552.S4 H48 1997