Mutilating The Body: Identity In Blood And Ink

Hewitt, Kim

ISBN 10: 0879727101 / ISBN 13: 9780879727109

Published by University of Wisconsin Press, 1997

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Mutilating The Body: Identity In Blood And Ink
• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0879727101
• ISBN 13: 9780879727109
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This scholarly discussion places acts of body mutilation within a conceptual framework that explores their similarities and dissimilarities, but ultimately interprets them as acts that ask to be witnessed. The author explores self-mutilation through history and across cultural divisions, finding these acts

About the Author

Kim Hewitt is a writer who is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in American Civilization at the University of Texas at Austin. Her interests include the history and influence of eastern philosophies in the United States, utopian communities, spirituality, and altered consciousness.