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BL
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876988
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Se blesser soi-mãeme.English
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Brossard, Baptiste,1985-
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Why do we hurt ourselves? : : understanding self-harm in social life /\ Baptiste Brossard.
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Bloomington :: Indiana University Press,, [2018]
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1 online resource (xix, 188 pages)
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| ISBN
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0253036410
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: 0253036437
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: 9780253036414
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: 9780253036438
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9780253036391
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| Notes
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Translation by Baptiste Brossard and Rohan Todd.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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A practice of self-control -- The first time -- Toward a feeling of dependence -- Talking about self-injury? -- Quitting -- Self-injury on a regular basis -- On the manners to self-injure -- A social positioning practice -- The staging of discretion -- At the origin of "relational problems" -- The existential crisis -- What gender represents -- What some events imply -- Conclusion: a relational map of self-injury -- Conclusion: a self-controlled youth -- Notes -- Index.
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| Abstract
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Why 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.
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Self-control.
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Self-destructive behavior.
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Self-control.
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Self-destructive behavior.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Sociology-- General.
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| Dewey Classification
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616.85/82
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RC569.5.S45B76 2018
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Todd, Rohan
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