{"product_id":"the-tender-cut-inside-the-hidden-world-of-selfinjury-9780814705070","title":"The Tender Cut  Inside the Hidden World of","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCutting, burning, branding, and bone-breaking are all types of self-injury, or the deliberate, non-suicidal destruction of one's own body tissue, a practice that emerged from obscurity in the 1990s and spread dramatically as a typical behavior among adolescents. This book presents a portrait of this troubling behavior.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003esuccessfully gives a face to self-injury and how it fits into the larger realm of social understating * J Youth Adolescence *\u003cbr\u003eTimely, importantIn their thorough treatment of the subject, the authors include a history and literature review of this difficult topic, discussions of case histories, and examinations of relational dynamics and social contexts that may lead to cuttingThis is a must read for those connected in any way to this topic * Library Journal *\u003cbr\u003eThe Tender Cut is an exhaustive, compelling...sociological study. * Metapsychology *\u003cbr\u003eThe Tender Cut presents a comprehensive discussion of self-injury through a sociological lens...[it] will be...relevant to other people providing support and advice to people who self-harm. -- Emily Klineberg * Sociology of Health \u0026amp; Illness *\u003cbr\u003eAdler and Adler's expansive work draws in and integrates multiple perspectives and addresses timely and important issues in the field of self-injury. -- Stephen P. Lewis + Michele L. Davis * Contemporary Psychology *\u003cbr\u003eInsightful and sympatheticThe extraordinary depth of knowledge of the dimensions of self-injuring will increase the understanding of those who see self-injurers in their work and private lives. -- Ruth Horowitz,author of Honor and the American Dream: Culture and Identity in a Chicano Community\u003cbr\u003eAdler viewsself-harm as a kind of 'self-help', rather than a near-suicidal expression. -- Emine Saner * The Guardian *\u003cbr\u003eBut more than a compendium of personal accounts, The Tender Cut charts self-injury's shift from a behavior regarded as pathological and practiced by demonstrably mentally ill to a more widely accepted coping mechanism and a vehicle for the assertion of will or identity...thought-provoking books sheds a many-rayed light on a topic often shrouded in darkness. -- Haili Jones Graff * Bitch Magazine *\u003cbr\u003eSocial, psychological and cultural insights abound in this recommendation for college-level health holdings. * The Midwest Book Review *","brand":"New York University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405834559831,"sku":"9780814705070","price":23.74,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780814705070.jpg?v=1730493717","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-tender-cut-inside-the-hidden-world-of-selfinjury-9780814705070","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}