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Bodies under siege : self-mutilation and body modification in culture and psychiatry / Armando R. Favazza.

Title: Bodies under siege : self-mutilation and body modification in culture and psychiatry / Armando R. Favazza.
Author: Favazza, Armando R.
Publication: Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University, 1996.

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xix, 373 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

I. Mutilative Beliefs, Religion, Eating, and Ethology. 1. Mutilative Beliefs, Attitudes, Practices, and Images. 2. Self-mutilation in Myths of Creation, Shamanism, and Religion. 3. Self-mutilation, Eating Disorders, and Cannibalism. 4. Animals and Automutilation -- II. Mutilation of Body Parts: Cultural and Clinical Cases. 5. The Head and Its Parts. 6. The Limbs. 7. The Skin. 8. The Genitals -- III. Discernment and Therapy. 9. Understanding Self-mutilation: Culturally Sanctioned Practices and Pathological Behavior. 10. Biological and Psychosocial Findings. 11. Treatment. Epilogue. Body Play: State of Grace or Sickness? / Fakir Musafar.

ISBN

0801852994(alk. paper)
0801853001 (pbk : alk. paper)

LCCN

95026098

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Columbia University Libraries