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Body Modification
Contributor(s): Featherstone, Mike (Editor)

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 ISBN: 0761967966     ISBN-13: 9780761967965
Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
OUR PRICE: $78.85  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: June 2000
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Annotation: 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 of beauty by experimenting on their own bodies with surgery and prosthetics; and explore the construction of the anatomy of a virtual body in Real Video Surgery and the Visible Human Project. Academics and students in sociology, cultural studies, anthropology, communication studies, social psycholgy and art and design

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BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Sociology - General
Dewey: 391.65
LCCN: 2001271469
Series: Published in Association with Theory, Culture & Society
Physical Information: 0.71" H x 6.26" W x 9.28" L (1.18 lbs) 352 pages
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
 
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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?

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
 
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