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Bodies under Siege; Self-Mutilation and Body Modification in Culture and Psychiatry
by Favazza, Armando R
- Used
- Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good/No Dust Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0801853001
- ISBN 13
- 9780801853005
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
The John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London, 1992. Reprint. Softcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. 585 g.; XX, 380 pages, last seven pages blank, intentionally, preface to the second edition, references and index. Photographic front cover, showing a young woman with scarification and piercings, with pink titles to the front panel and pink, green and black titles to the backstrip. Creasing to the book corners and rubbing to the book edges and book panels. " Skin cutting and burning, biting fingertips, even scarification and eye enucleation acts of self-mutilation generally associated with mental illness. But, according to Dr Armando Favazza, these horrifying behaviour has important parallels to culturally sanctioned practices such as body piercing, tatooing, branding, and other forms of body modification.." -- from the rear panel blurb. Second Edition. Size: Large Format Paperback. We are happy to provide pictures of this book on request Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Psychology & Psychiatry; ISBN: 0801853001. ISBN/EAN: 9780801853005. Inventory No: 0108667. . 9780801853005
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0108667
- Title
- Bodies under Siege; Self-Mutilation and Body Modification in Culture and Psychiatry
- Author
- Favazza, Armando R
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0801853001
- ISBN 13
- 9780801853005
- Publisher
- The John Hopkins University Press
- Place of Publication
- Baltimore and London
- Date Published
- 1992
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Psychiatry -- Psychology -- Self-Mutilation -- Body Modification -- Cultural Psychology & Psychiatry; Unbranded ISBN: 0801853001 EAN: 9780801853005 Favazza, Armando R. Bodies under Siege; Self-Mutilation and Body Modification in Culture and Ps
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
Biblio member since 2005
melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
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