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"The 1990s saw the dramatic rise of spectacular forms of body modification, which included the tattoo renaissance and the rise in body piercing, the emergence of neo-tribal practices like scarification and flesh hanging, and the invention of new, high-tech forms of body art like subdermal implants. This book, based on years of interviews with body modifiers throughout the United States, is both sympathetic and critical and provides the most comprehensive look at this phenomenon. From punk rock to "modern primitives," from queer sadomasochism to cyberpunks, sociologist Victoria Pitts provides insight into the full range of body modification subcultures. Whether by turning themselves into female punks, neo-tribal "primitives" or science fiction cyborgs, body modifiers are engaged in the project of "reclaiming" their bodies from the machine of modern life. Pitts explores the connections between body modification and contemporary struggles over sex and gender, and widespread attitudes about identity, consumption, and the body"--Publisher description.
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Body marking, Body piercing, Human Body, Scarification (Body marking), Social aspects, Social aspects of the Human body, Tattooing, Body Image, Aspect socioculturel, Psychology, Body art, Postmodernisme, Corps humain, Plastic Surgery, Identité (Psychologie), Lichaamsversiering, Marque corporelle, Human body, social aspectsShowing 2 featured editions. View all 2 editions?
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In the Flesh: The Cultural Politics of Body Modification
2008, Palgrave Macmillan
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1281368105 9781281368102
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In the flesh: the cultural politics of body modification
2003, Palgrave Macmillan
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0312293100 9780312293109
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