Book: Psyche on the Skin

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Psyche on the Skin

"Psyche on the Skin charts the secret history of self-harm. The book describes its many forms, from sexual self-mutilation and hysterical malingering in the late Victorian period, to self-castrating religious sects, to self-mutilation and self-destruction in art, music and popular culture. Sarah Chaney’s refreshing historical approach refutes the notion that self-harm has any universal meaning – that it necessarily says something specific about an individual or group, or that it can ever be understood outside the historical and cultural context of a particular era. " Reaktion Books

Sarah Chaney‏ @kentishscribble

My source:
RCN BULLETIN, February 2017, p.11.