@article{958797,
      author = {Chandler, Amy,},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/958797},
      title = {Self-injury, medicine and society : authentic bodies /},
      abstract = {This book provides an appreciative, sociological  engagement with accounts of the embodied practice of  self-injury. It shows that in order to understand  self-injury, it is necessary to engage with widely  circulating narratives about the nature of bodies,  including that they are separate from, yet containers of  'emotion'. Using a sociological approach, the book examines  what self-injury is, how it functions, and why someone  might engage in it. It pays close attention to the  corporeal aspects of self-injury, attending to the complex  ways in which 'lived experience' is narrated. By  interrogating the way in which healthcare and psychiatric  systems shape our understanding of self-injury,  Self-Injury, Medicine and Society aims to re-invigorate  traditional discourse on the subject. Combining analytical  theory with real-life accounts, this book provides an  engaging study which is both thought-provoking and  informative. It will appeal to an interdisciplinary  readership and scholars in the fields of medical sociology  and health studies in particular.},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-40528-9.},
      recid = {958797},
      pages = {1 online resource (xii, 217 pages)},
}