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BODY MODIFICATION
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| By: |
Mike Featherstone (Editor) |
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Hardback |
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£210.00 |
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£189.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0761967958 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780761967958 |
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| Publisher: |
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC |
| Pub. date: |
5 May, 2000 |
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Published in association with Theory, Culture & Society |
| Pages: |
352 |
| Description: |
This fascinating collection explores the growing range of body modification practices such as piercing, tattooing, branding, cutting and inserting implants, which have sprung up recently in the West. It asks whether this implies that we are returning to traditional tribal practices of inscribing identities onto bodies on the part of 'modern primitives', or is body modification better understood as purely cosmetic and decorative with body markings merely temporary signs of transferable loyalties? Contributors address the question of the permanence of body transformation through fitness regimes and body building; look at the French performance artist Orlan and the Australian performance artist Stelarc who explored Western standard o |
| Synopsis: |
This fascinating collection explores the growing range of body modification practices such as piercing, tattooing, branding, cutting and inserting implants, which have sprung up recently in the West.It asks whether this implies that we are returning to traditional tribal practices of inscribing identities onto bodies on the part of 'modern primitives', or is body modification better understood as purely cosmetic and decorative with body markings merely temporary signs of transferable loyalties? |
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US |
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SAGE Publications Inc |
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Returnable |
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