Introduction: The body as canvas -- Chapter 1. As you desire me -- Chapter 2. The symptom of ugliness -- Chapter 3. Mirrors -- Chapter 4. Being seen or being watched -- Chapter 5. Occupied territories and foreign parts: Reclaiming the body -- Chapter 6. Copies without originals: Envy and the maternal body -- Chapter 7. The botoxing of experience -- Chapter 8. Ink, holes and scars -- Conclusion: An order of pure decision
Summary
Considers why people pierce, tattoo, cosmetically enhance, or otherwise modify their body, from a psychoanalytic perspective, discussing how the therapist can understand and help individuals who feel body modification is necessary
