Nonsuicidal Self-Injury Among Nonclinical College Women: Lessons From Foucault  

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Kokaliari, Efrosini ; Berzoff, Joan

Jenis: Article from Journal - e-Journal
Dalam koleksi: Affilia vol. 23 no. 3 (Aug. 2008), page 259-269.
Topik: Foucault; patriarch; self-injury; self-mutilation
Fulltext: 259.pdf (92.98KB)

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This article presents a qualitative study that explored nonsuicidal self-injury among relatively psychologically healthy college women. It examines the phenomenon of self-injury through a social theoretical perspective using Foucault’s concepts. Key arguments are that self-injury in women may be a reaction to an insidious form of social control and a reflection of the social pressures for productivity that are enacted on the body. Self-injury may regulate socially unacceptable affects and modify states of the ego so that women can regain their capacity to produce within a competitive and capitalist society. Implications for social work practice are discussed.

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