Mutilating the Body: Identity in Blood and InkBowling Green State University Popular Press, 1997 - 161 Seiten 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. |
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Pain as a Pathway to Social and Spiritual Identity | 27 |
Anorexia and SelfMutilation Diagnosed as Pathological | 41 |
Tattooing and Piercing | 65 |
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