Why do We Hurt Ourselves? Understanding Self-Harm in Social Life

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dc.contributor.authorBrossard, Baptiste
dc.contributor.editorBaptiste Brossard
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-07T04:29:12Z
dc.date.available2019-05-07T04:29:12Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.date.updated2019-03-12T07:37:23Z
dc.description.abstractWhy 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-injurers and suggests that the answers can be traced to social, more than personal, causes. Self-injury is not a matter of disturbed individuals resorting to hurting themselves in the face of individual weaknesses and difficulties. Rather, self-injury is the reaction of individuals to the tensions that compose, day after day, the tumultuousness of their social life and position. Self-harm is a practice that people use to self-control and maintain order—to calm down, or to avoid "going haywire" or "breaking everything." More broadly, through this research Brossard works to develop a perspective on the contemporary social world at large, exploring quests for self-control in modern Western societies.en_AU
dc.format.extent185en_AU
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen_AU
dc.identifier.isbn9780253036414en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/161046
dc.language.isoen_AUen_AU
dc.publisherIndiana University Pressen_AU
dc.relation.isversionof1st edition Edition
dc.rights© 2018 Alma Editeur, Paris. 2014en_AU
dc.source.urihttp://www.iupress.indiana.edu/product_info.php?products_id=809178en_AU
dc.titleWhy do We Hurt Ourselves? Understanding Self-Harm in Social Lifeen_AU
dc.typeBooken_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage185en_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.placeofpublicationBloomington, Indiana USA
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage1en_AU
local.contributor.affiliationBrossard, Baptiste, College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANUen_AU
local.contributor.authoremailrepository.admin@anu.edu.auen_AU
local.contributor.authoruidBrossard, Baptiste, u1026766en_AU
local.description.notesImported from ARIESen_AU
local.description.refereedYes
local.identifier.absfor160899 - Sociology not elsewhere classifieden_AU
local.identifier.absfor160806 - Social Theoryen_AU
local.identifier.absseo920413 - Social Structure and Healthen_AU
local.identifier.absseo920410 - Mental Healthen_AU
local.identifier.ariespublicationu5423761xPUB14en_AU
local.identifier.uidSubmittedByu5423761en_AU
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