An Injured Body's Encounter With Cultural Discourses : Young Women’s Experiences of an Injured Body
This article discusses the significance of gender in the encounter between an injured body and cultural discourses. When young women who self-harm present bodies that deviate from the norms for what female bodies should look like, they face sanctions. Young women who injure their own bodies are affe...
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| Language: | English |
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University of Stavanger
2015-03-01
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| Series: | Journal of Comparative Social Work |
| Online Access: | http://journal.uia.no/index.php/JCSW/article/view/273 |