Reviews
"But more than a compendium of personal accounts, The Tender Cut charts self-injury's shift from a behavior regarded as pathological and practiced by demonstrably mentally ill to a more widely accepted coping mechanism and a vehicle for the assertion of will or identity...thought-provoking books sheds a many-rayed light on a topic often shrouded in darkness." -Haili Jones Graff, Bitch Magazine, "Adler views self-harm as a kind of 'self-help', rather than a near-suicidal expression." -Emine Saner, The Guardian, "Social, psychological and cultural insights abound in this recommendation for college-level health holdings." - The Midwest Book Review, The Tender Cut presents a comprehensive discussion of self-injury through a sociological lens...[it] will be...relevant to other people providing support and advice to people who self-harm., "Timely, important…In their thorough treatment of the subject, the authors include a history and literature review of this difficult topic, discussions of case histories, and examinations of relational dynamics and social contexts that may lead to cutting…This is a must read for those connected in any way to this topic." - Library Journal ,, "successfully gives a face to self-injury and how it fits into the larger realm of social understating"- J Youth Adolescence, "The Tender Cut presents a comprehensive discussion of self-injury through a sociological lens...[it] will be...relevant to other people providing support and advice to people who self-harm."-Emily Klineberg, Sociology of Health & Illness, ("Insightful and sympathetic The extraordinary depth of knowledge of the dimensions of self-injuring will increase the understanding of those who see self-injurers in their work and private lives." )-(Ruth Horowitz),(author of Honor and the American Dream: Culture and Identity in a Chicano Community ), "But more than a compendium of personal accounts,The Tender Cutcharts self-injury's shift from a behavior regarded as pathological and practiced by demonstrably mentally ill to a more widely accepted coping mechanism and a vehicle for the assertion of will or identity...thought-provoking books sheds a many-rayed light on a topic often shrouded in darkness." -Haili Jones Graff, Bitch Magazine, "But more than a compendium of personal accounts, The Tender Cut charts self-injury's shift from a behavior regarded as pathological and practiced by demonstrably mentally ill to a more widely accepted coping mechanism and a vehicle for the assertion of will or identity...thought-provoking books sheds a many-rayed light on a topic often shrouded in darkness." Bitch Magazine , October 2011, "Insightful and sympathetic…The extraordinary depth of knowledge of the dimensions of self-injuring will increase the understanding of those who see self-injurers in their work and private lives." -Ruth Horowitz,author of Honor and the American Dream: Culture and Identity in a Chicano Community, successfully gives a face to self-injury and how it fits into the larger realm of social understating, Insightful and sympathetic The extraordinary depth of knowledge of the dimensions of self-injuring will increase the understanding of those who see self-injurers in their work and private lives., Insightful and sympatheticThe extraordinary depth of knowledge of the dimensions of self-injuring will increase the understanding of those who see self-injurers in their work and private lives., "Timely, important…In their thorough treatment of the subject, the authors include a history and literature review of this difficult topic, discussions of case histories, and examinations of relational dynamics and social contexts that may lead to cutting…This is a must read for those connected in any way to this topic." - Library Journal, Social, psychological and cultural insights abound in this recommendation for college-level health holdings., "Social, psychological and cultural insights abound in this recommendation for college-level health holdings." - The Midwest Book Review ,, "Adler and Adler's expansive work draws in and integrates multiple perspectives and addresses timely and important issues in the field of self-injury."-Stephen P. Lewis + Michele L. Davis, Contemporary Psychology, But more than a compendium of personal accounts, The Tender Cut charts self-injury's shift from a behavior regarded as pathological and practiced by demonstrably mentally ill to a more widely accepted coping mechanism and a vehicle for the assertion of will or identity...thought-provoking books sheds a many-rayed light on a topic often shrouded in darkness., Adler and Adler's expansive work draws in and integrates multiple perspectives and addresses timely and important issues in the field of self-injury., "Adler viewsself-harm as a kind of 'self-help', rather than a near-suicidal expression." -Emine Saner, The Guardian, Timely, importantIn their thorough treatment of the subject, the authors include a history and literature review of this difficult topic, discussions of case histories, and examinations of relational dynamics and social contexts that may lead to cuttingThis is a must read for those connected in any way to this topic
