{"product_id":"bodies-under-siege-9780801899652","title":"Bodies under Siege","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFavazza critically assesses new and significant biological, ethnological, social, and psychological findings regarding self-injury; presents current understandings of self-injurious acts from cultural and clinical perspectives; and places self-mutilation in historical and contemporary context.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The second edition of the fascinating but gruesome Bodies under Siege by Armando R. Favazza explores the various ways in which people mutilate their bodies. Favazza explores the historical background and offers insights into how and why people do truly appalling things to their limbs, heads, and genitals. He pleads for understanding for a group of patients who are often seen as bizarre and repellent.\" (New Scientist) \"The seminal book on [nonsuicidal self-injury]; presents a comprehensive historical, anthropological, and clinical review of the topic.\" (Current Directions in Psychological Science) \"A compendium of cultural and clinical reports of self-mutilation and a summary of what is and what is not known about therapy, the book is a major contribution to both the anthropological and psychiatric literature. I know that having read it I will see my next self-mutilating patient through more insightful and compassionate eyes.\" (Journal of Nervous and Mental Disorders)\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface to the Third Edition\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Mutilative Beliefs, Religion, Eating, and Ethology\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Mutilative Beliefs, Attitudes, Practices, and Images\u003cbr\u003e2. Self-mutilation in Myths of Creation, Shamanism, and Religion\u003cbr\u003e3. Self-injury and Eating Disorders\u003cbr\u003e4. Animals and Automutilation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: Mutilation and Self-Injury of Body Parts: Cultural and Clinical Cases\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e5. The Head and Its Parts\u003cbr\u003e6. The Limbs\u003cbr\u003e7. The Skin\u003cbr\u003e8. The Genitals\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: Insight and Treatment\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e9. Understanding Self-injury\u003cbr\u003e10. The Assessment, Psychology, and Biology of Self-injury\u003cbr\u003e11. Treatment\u003cbr\u003e12. Personal Reflections\u003cbr\u003eEpilogue: Body Play: My Journey, Fakir Musafar\u003cbr\u003eReferences\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49527637770583,"sku":"9780801899652","price":53.12,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780801899652.jpg?v=1731868650","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/bodies-under-siege-9780801899652","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}