Books in the New Library of Psychoanalysis 'Beyond the Couch' series
Under the Skin
A Psychoanalytic Study of Body Modification
By Alessandra Lemma
Under the Skin considers the motivation behind why people pierce, tattoo, cosmetically enhance, or otherwise modify their body, from a psychoanalytic perspective. It discusses how the therapist can understand and help individuals for whom the manipulation of the body is felt to be psychically
Published February 2010 by Routledge