| Description |
xix, 373 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
I. Mutilative Beliefs, Religion, Eating, and Ethology. 1. Mutilative Beliefs, Attitudes, Practices, and Images. 2. Self-mutilation in Myths of Creation, Shamanism, and Religion. 3. Self-mutilation, Eating Disorders, and Cannibalism. 4. Animals and Automutilation -- II. Mutilation of Body Parts: Cultural and Clinical Cases. 5. The Head and Its Parts. 6. The Limbs. 7. The Skin. 8. The Genitals --III. Discernment and Therapy. 9. Understanding Self-mutilation: Culturally Sanctioned Practices and Pathological Behavior. 10. Biological and Psychosocial Findings. 11. Treatment -- Epilogue. Body Play: State of Grace or Sickness? / Fakir Musafar |
| Analysis |
Asceticism |
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Cultural psychiatry |
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Psychiatry, Transcultural |
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Self-mutilation |
| Notes |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 335-364) and index. English |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-364) and index |
| Subject |
Cultural psychiatry.
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Psychiatry, Transcultural.
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Self-mutilation.
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Cross-Cultural Comparison.
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Ethnopsychology+
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Self Mutilation.
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Tattooing.
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| LC no. |
95026098 |
| ISSN |
616.8582 |
| ISBN |
0801852994 (acid-free paper) |
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0801853001 (paperback: acid-free paper) |
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