Why do we hurt ourselves? : understanding self-harm in social life /

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Why does an estimated 5% of the general population intentionally and repeatedly hurt themselves' What are the reasons certain people resort to self-injury as a way to manage their daily lives' In Why Do We Hurt Ourselves, sociologist Baptiste Brossard draws on a five-year survey of self-in...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Brossard, Baptiste, 1985- (Author, Translator)
Other Authors: Todd, Rohan (Translator)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Francés
Published: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2018]
Subjects:
Self-destructive behavior.
Self-control.
Self-Injurious Behavior
Comportement autodestructeur.
Maîtrise de soi.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > General.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • A practice of self-control
  • The first time
  • Toward a feeling of dependence
  • Talking about self-injury?
  • Quitting
  • Self-injury on a regular basis
  • On the manners to self-injure
  • A social positioning practice
  • The staging of discretion
  • At the origin of "relational problems"
  • The existential crisis
  • What gender represents
  • What some events imply
  • Conclusion: a relational map of self-injury
  • Conclusion: a self-controlled youth
  • Notes
  • Index.

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