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
| 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.
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.
