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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 616.8582
EAN num: 9780801853005
ISBN number: 0801853001
Label: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Manufacturer: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 400
Printing Date: May 09, 1996
Publishing house: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Sale Popularity Level: 220451
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University of Missouri, Columbia. Second edition of a presentation of the author's theory on the acts of self-mutilation, for therapists. Previous edition 1987. Discusses the relationship between the act of self-injury and self-healing. Softcover.
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What a load of CRAP! Just because you get art on you doesn't mean you have "issues". Well really, who doesn't have "issues"? Even the author has issues. Actually the author must have the most serious issues for saying that "anyone who gets tattooed has issues".
I guess his wife has (if he has one), his mother, sister, etc. all have issues too because they have thier ears pierced. Whatever!
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This guy completely missed it. He attempted to relate/equate self-mutilation to/with many unrelated cultural practices. If you are looking for a book about self-mutilation that has any insight about this multifaceted and deeply emotionally complex concept, this is not it. I read it when it very first came out. The author was a doctor at UMC where I earned three degrees, including a Master's in Counseling Psychology. I met with this man, a dangerous cutter myself at the time, and his presentation was as judgemental, cold and clueless as his book. What a sad disappointment when simple hope was needed.
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I've been cutting myself for many years, and have read books on the subject for a number of those years. This is by far one of the best I've read for Favazza does an extremely deep study into the history of self-injury, both cultural forms and what he terms "deviant" forms. While not as entertaining as "A Bright Red Scream," and definately more scholarly than most books on the subject, I still consider it essential for those who cut or the loved ones of those who cut. However, it isn't so much a personal or supportive book, and will mostly trigger more cutters than it will help. The only reason I give it four stars instead of five though is because of some of the misconceptions that even the author shows, such as relating self-injury to body piercing and such (which he has already gotten some heat about already.) I also don't like the terms "mentally ill," "wrist slashers," " slicers," etc. as words for those who cut. I also found the very first few pages of chapter 11 very hard to read for similar reasons.
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I've met this guy a few times. Cat is stuck on him self. Maybe if he would take time to understand people instead of worrying about himself he would get it.
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BODY MODS ARE NOT MUTILATION. this author was very ignorant
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