Self-Injury, Medicine and Society Authentic Bodies

This book provides an appreciative, sociological engagement with accounts of the embodied practice of self-injury. It shows that in order to understand self-injury, it is necessary to engage with widely circulating narratives about the nature of bodies, including that they are separate from, yet con...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Chandler, Amy (-)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan 2016.
Colección:Springer eBooks.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
Ver en Universidad de Navarra:https://innopac.unav.es/record=b34498588*spi
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.