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?
| ISBN: | 9780761967958 |
| Publication date: | 5th May 2000 |
| Author: | Mike Featherstone |
| Publisher: | SAGE Publications Inc |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 352 pages |
| Series: | Published in association with Theory, Culture & Society |
| Genres: |
Sociology |
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?
Body Modification features in the following genres: Sociology
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Body Modification was written by Mike Featherstone and published by SAGE Publications Inc
Body Modification has 352 pages
Yes it is part of Published in association with Theory, Culture & Society series
£223.20, reduced from £248.00. Not Available.