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Mutilating the Body

Identity in Blood and Ink

Kim Hewitt

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English
Bowling Green University Popular Press,US
30 September 2005
"Kim Hewitt explores self-mutilation through history and across cultural divisions, finding these acts ""positive expressions of social custom, individualism and resourcefulness . . . symptomatic of crises of identity, religious faith, or modern social structures."" In modern contexts, such ancient rituals continue to function as an avenue of symbolic death and rebirth. In her analysis of the origins and motivations of body modification, the author draws upon psychological, medical, and cultural theories on self-inflicted pain-tattooing and scarification as well as fasting, bulimia, and some performance art. She finds such contemporary acts of self-mutilation may ""express a change in how society perceives marginalization."""

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Imprint:   Bowling Green University Popular Press,US
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 228mm,  Width: 154mm,  Spine: 14mm
Weight:   280g
ISBN:   9780879727109
ISBN 10:   0879727101
Pages:   161
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

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