Does Body Modification Injure or Heal the Psyche?
In mainstream Western culture, grief processes that include physical alteration of the body are often categorized as pathological and considered “self-harm.” However, throughout recorded history many ethnic groups have sanctioned either solo or communal acts of piercing, tattooing, cutting, burning, striking, amputating, or ablating as part of their mourning rituals.
This lecture entails a cross-cultural contrast and comparison of intentional physical responses to grief both within and outside culturally organized and permitted methods.
by: Paul King
duration/Dauer: 3-4 hrs. / 3-4 Std.