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Performance, Masculinity, and Self-Injury

Performance, Masculinity, and Self-Injury

Weir, Lucy

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Series: Routledge Research in Gender and Art

Art HistoryConceptual ArtPerformance Art

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ISBN10: 103202710X
ISBN13: 9781032027104
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Jul 19 2026
Pages: 194
Weight: 0.99
Language: English

This book is an ambitious and expansive examination of the visual language of self-injury in performance art from the 1960s to the present.

Inspired by the gendered nature of discussion around self-harm, the book challenges established readings of risk-taking and self-injury in global performance practice. The interdisciplinary methodology draws from art history and sociology to provide a new critical analysis of the relationship between masculinity and self-inflicted injury. Based upon interviews with a range of artists around the world, it offers an innovative understanding of the diverse meanings behind self-injury in performance, and delves into the gendered coding of self-harming bodies. Individual chapters examine the work of Ron Athey, Günter Brus, Wafaa Bilal, Franko B, André Stitt, Pyotr Pavlensky, and Yang Zhichao, offering a new perspective on the forms and functions of self-injury in performance art.

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