Making Sense of Self-harm

The Cultural Meaning and Social Context of Nonsuicidal Self-injury

Nonfiction, Health & Well Being, Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Sociology
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Author: Peter Steggals ISBN: 9781137470591
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK Publication: October 5, 2015
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan Language: English
Author: Peter Steggals
ISBN: 9781137470591
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication: October 5, 2015
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Language: English

Making Sense of Self-Harm provides an alternative approach to understanding nonsuicidal self-injury; using Cultural Sociology to analyse it more as a practice than an illness and exploring it as a powerful cultural idiom of personal distress and social estrangement that is peculiarly resonant with the symbolic life of late-modern society.

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Making Sense of Self-Harm provides an alternative approach to understanding nonsuicidal self-injury; using Cultural Sociology to analyse it more as a practice than an illness and exploring it as a powerful cultural idiom of personal distress and social estrangement that is peculiarly resonant with the symbolic life of late-modern society.

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