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Cutting and the pedagogy of self-disclosure /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Berman, Jeffrey, 1945-
Other Authors:	Wallace, Patricia Hatch, 1970-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Amherst [Mass.] : University of Massachusetts Press, [2007]
Subjects:	Writing. Universities. Students. Self Disclosure. Self-Injurious Behavior > therapy. Self-Injurious Behavior > psychology. Self-disclosure. Mental illness in literature. College students' writings. College students > Mental health. Self-injurious behavior. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

The contagion effect : "teachers ought to be careful in what they assign"
Minimizing the risks of personal writing : the empathic classroom
Attachment theory and self-disclosure : strengthening the teacher-student bond
Cutting in the classroom : Paula, Ralph, Judy, Christine, and Cordelia
"Falling in love with cutting" : Maryann and Paige
Writing about cutting : contagion or inoculation
"I was committing a crime against my body, against women."
Feminist perspectives : self-injurious behavior among women
Theories and diagnoses : a closer look
My history as a cutter : losing self-esteem
Kettlewell, OCD, and me : keeping one's beasts at bay
Cutting influences : peer pressure and out-of-control lives
Cutting literature : "high school may not be the place for books like these"