The aim of this work is to show that certain acts related to the body (sport, tattoo, clothing), when practiced to excess, go beyond sanity and aesthetics. Through interviews and the administration of the TAT test to adolescents, the authors return to the origins of these acts and discover at their basis family dysfunction and a rejection of the child. A lacking parental gaze leading to a wrong body image, instability in the parent/child relationship provoking insecurity, and a narcissistic personality linked to the aesthetic of the body explain the adolescents' dependent passage to these acts of bodybuilding to excess, excessive tattooism and exaggerated mummifism.

Book Information
ISBN 9781624176227
Author Lela Chikhani-Nacouz
Format Paperback
Page Count 84
Imprint Nova Science Publishers Inc
Publisher Nova Science Publishers Inc
Weight(grams) 184g