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Cutting and the Pedagogy of Self-Disclosure
Berman
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Description for Cutting and the Pedagogy of Self-Disclosure
Paperback. Cutting, a form of self-mutilation, is a growing problem in United States, especially among adolescent females. This book discusses clinical and theoretical aspects of cutting and then applies these insights to several memoirs and novels. It also focuses on the pedagogical dynamics of cutting. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JNKS; MMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 162 x 18. Weight in Grams: 458.
This is a candid look at a form of self-injury that is increasingly prevalent but rarely discussed. Cutting, a form of self-mutilation, is a growing problem in the United States, especially among adolescent females. It is regarded as self-destructive behavior, yet paradoxically, people who cut themselves generally do not wish to die but to find relief from unbearable psychological pain. ""Cutting and the Pedagogy of Self-Disclosure"" is the first book to explore how college students write about their experiences as cutters. The idea behind the book arose when Patricia Hatch Wallace, a high school English teacher, wrote a reader-response diary ... Read more
This is a candid look at a form of self-injury that is increasingly prevalent but rarely discussed. Cutting, a form of self-mutilation, is a growing problem in the United States, especially among adolescent females. It is regarded as self-destructive behavior, yet paradoxically, people who cut themselves generally do not wish to die but to find relief from unbearable psychological pain. ""Cutting and the Pedagogy of Self-Disclosure"" is the first book to explore how college students write about their experiences as cutters. The idea behind the book arose when Patricia Hatch Wallace, a high school English teacher, wrote a reader-response diary ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
Massachusetts, United States
ISBN
9781558496156
SKU
V9781558496156
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Ref
99-15
About Berman
JEFFREY BERMAN is professor of English at the University at Albany. He has published four other books with the University of Massachusetts Press: Empathic Teaching: Education for Life; Risky Writing: Self-Disclosure and Self-Transformation in the Classroom; Surviving Literary Suicide; and Diaries to an English Professor: Pain and Growth in the Classroom. PATRICIA HATCH WALLACE is an English teacher at Hoosac ... Read more
Reviews for Cutting and the Pedagogy of Self-Disclosure
In addition to its broad appeal to educators, this book will also be of great interest to all people interested in educational issues - students, parents, and administrators. It should join Professor Berman's other books as foundational texts for those educators who wish to help students to mature in literary proficiency and their own emotional growth. - Marvin Krims, M.D., ... Read more