Body Modification

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Sociology
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Author: ISBN: 9781446227978
Publisher: SAGE Publications Publication: April 19, 2000
Imprint: SAGE Publications Ltd Language: English
Author:
ISBN: 9781446227978
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Publication: April 19, 2000
Imprint: SAGE Publications Ltd
Language: English

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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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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