Bodies under Siege : Self-Mutilation and Body Modification in Culture and Psychiatry - Second Edition
Libri antichi e moderni
Favazza, Armando R.
Johns Hopkins University Press,
1996
Bodies under Siege : Self-Mutilation and Body Modification in Culture and Psychiatry - Second Edition
Libri antichi e moderni
Favazza, Armando R.
Johns Hopkins University Press,
1996
49,95 €
(Ladysmith,
Canada)
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Dettagli
- Anno di pubblicazione
- 1996
- ISBN
- 0801853001
- Luogo di stampa
- Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
- Autore
- Favazza, Armando R.
- Editori
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Formato
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
- Edizione
- Second Edition
- Soggetto
- 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
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- S Paperback
- Stato di conservazione
- Molto buono
- Lingue
- Inglese
- Legatura
- Brossura
- Prima edizione
- False
Descrizione
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
