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A Bright Red Scream: Self-mutilation and the language of pain
Marilee Strong
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Description for A Bright Red Scream: Self-mutilation and the language of pain
Paperback. * An extremely moving and comprehensive look at self-mutilation, 'the addiction of the 90s' * Written by an award-winning journalist Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: MMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 184.
As groundbreaking as REVIVING OPHELIA and Hope Edelman's MOTHERLESS DAUGHTERS, A BRIGHT RED SCREAM is a compelling investigation of why so many people deliberately hurt themselves and what can be done to help them. This is an illness that was outed on a global scale when Princess Diana admitted hurting herself deliberately, and it continues to be practised mainly by middle-class women who start in their teens and self-harm throughout their lives. Most cutters are women who have been emotionally, sexually, or physically abused as children, but Strong's research shows that self-mutilation appears in other groups. ... Read more
As groundbreaking as REVIVING OPHELIA and Hope Edelman's MOTHERLESS DAUGHTERS, A BRIGHT RED SCREAM is a compelling investigation of why so many people deliberately hurt themselves and what can be done to help them. This is an illness that was outed on a global scale when Princess Diana admitted hurting herself deliberately, and it continues to be practised mainly by middle-class women who start in their teens and self-harm throughout their lives. Most cutters are women who have been emotionally, sexually, or physically abused as children, but Strong's research shows that self-mutilation appears in other groups. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
Weight
183g
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781844082322
SKU
V9781844082322
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99-10
About Marilee Strong
Marilee Strong, an award-winning journalist known for her groundbreaking 1993 article on self-mutilation, is the recipient of a Pulitzer Fellowship for her work on childhood victims of war trauma.
Reviews for A Bright Red Scream: Self-mutilation and the language of pain
PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY
'This beautifully written, sensitively told account of people who mutilate themselves is filled with riveting stories that will haunt a reader long after the last page has been turned. Every person who has ever taken a razor to her body, along with the p
TES
'An important addition to psychological literature'
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'This beautifully written, sensitively told account of people who mutilate themselves is filled with riveting stories that will haunt a reader long after the last page has been turned. Every person who has ever taken a razor to her body, along with the p
TES
'An important addition to psychological literature'
BIG ISSUE ... Read more