@article{ref1,
title="The violence of the cut: gendering self-harm",
journal="International journal of environmental research and public health",
year="2021",
author="Chandler, Amy and Simopoulou, Zoi",
volume="18",
number="9",
pages="-",
abstract="Taking as a starting point the frequent characterisation of self-harm as &quot;an adolescent thing for girls,&quot; this paper offers a sociologically informed, qualitative exploration of self-harm as a gendered practice. We move beyond statistical constructions of this &quot;reality,&quot; and critically examine how this characterisation comes to be, and some of its effects. Our data are drawn from a pilot study that developed a collaborative arts-based inquiry into meanings of self-harm. The authors worked with two groups: one of practitioners and another of people who had self-harmed, meeting over six sessions to discuss and make art in response to a range of themes relating to the interpretation and explanation of self-harm. Through data generation and analysis, we collaboratively seek to make sense of the gendering of self-harm, focusing on a series of dualistic Cartesian &quot;cuts&quot; between male and female, violence and vulnerability, and inside and outside. In conclusion, we call for more multi- and interdisciplinary explorations of self-harm, and greater use of diverse, arts-based, and qualitative methodologies, in order to further expand and nuance understandings and ethical engagements with self-harm, and those who are affected by it.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1661-7827",
doi="10.3390/ijerph18094650",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18094650"
}