The beauty of blood? Self-injury and ambivalence in an Internet community

Journal of Youth Studies

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 279-294

  Franzén, Anna Gradin ^a   Gottzén, Lucas ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Identity; Media; Self injury; Youth culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952944184     PISSN: 13676261     EISSN: 14699680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13676261.2010.533755     Document Type: Article

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