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Mutilating the Body: Identity in Blood and Ink is an analysis of the different ways in which people use their bodies for self-expression that considers the significance of body modification and how different forms of body art and alteration serve individual and cultural needs. The book also addresses eating disorders, self-cutting, and ritualized consensual sadomasochism.
| Preface: A Memory of Blood and Ink | ||
| Acknowledgments | ||
| Introduction | 1 | |
| 1 | Etching Identity on the Body | 7 |
| 2 | Pain as a Pathway to Social and Spiritual Identity | 27 |
| 3 | Anorexia and Self-Mutilation Diagnosed as Pathological | 41 |
| 4 | Adornment: Tattooing and Piercing | 65 |
| 5 | Edging toward the Mainstream | 95 |
| Conclusion: The Cultural Significance of Self-Mutilation | 117 | |
| Notes | 125 | |
| Bibliography | 145 | |
| Index | 157 |
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