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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?
Book Synopsis Body Modification by : Mike Featherstone
Download or read book Body Modification written by Mike Featherstone and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2000-04-19 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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?
A groundbreaking work that sees the contemporary cultural trends of tattooing, piercing, implanting, and branding as a quest for a transformative psychic experience. • Features unforgettable color photographs by Steve Haworth, the foremost body modification artist in the United States. • Introduces a subculture that has gone far beyond the realm of simple tattooing. Acts of body modification are deeply rooted in physical impulses that are obscured in our technological society. As we become more removed from the physicality of our existence, we lose touch with an essential part of our humanity. Body modification is a way of reconnecting to our bodies, to the earth, and to the divine. Pagan Fleshworks reveals that the prevalence of body modification--tattooing, piercings, brandings, and implants--is the postmodern way to heal the body and enliven the soul. These "fleshworks" are the result of people creating their own rituals and symbols of meaning in order to feel a sense of the divine within. Maureen Mercury relates the various stages of obtaining fleshworks to the stages of alchemy, showing how fleshworks lead to psychic transformation--soul-making. Using mythological imagery and the stories of those who have chosen to modify their bodies, she identifies the signposts of our journey toward self-expression, exploring the connection between our desires and our outward life. More than 30 riveting color photographs by leading body modification artist Steve Haworth provide the perfect visual complement to this examination of the soul as it rises toward freedom.
Book Synopsis Pagan Fleshworks by : Maureen Mercury
Download or read book Pagan Fleshworks written by Maureen Mercury and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2000-09-01 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A groundbreaking work that sees the contemporary cultural trends of tattooing, piercing, implanting, and branding as a quest for a transformative psychic experience. • Features unforgettable color photographs by Steve Haworth, the foremost body modification artist in the United States. • Introduces a subculture that has gone far beyond the realm of simple tattooing. Acts of body modification are deeply rooted in physical impulses that are obscured in our technological society. As we become more removed from the physicality of our existence, we lose touch with an essential part of our humanity. Body modification is a way of reconnecting to our bodies, to the earth, and to the divine. Pagan Fleshworks reveals that the prevalence of body modification--tattooing, piercings, brandings, and implants--is the postmodern way to heal the body and enliven the soul. These "fleshworks" are the result of people creating their own rituals and symbols of meaning in order to feel a sense of the divine within. Maureen Mercury relates the various stages of obtaining fleshworks to the stages of alchemy, showing how fleshworks lead to psychic transformation--soul-making. Using mythological imagery and the stories of those who have chosen to modify their bodies, she identifies the signposts of our journey toward self-expression, exploring the connection between our desires and our outward life. More than 30 riveting color photographs by leading body modification artist Steve Haworth provide the perfect visual complement to this examination of the soul as it rises toward freedom.
Through an interview-based study, Victoria Pitts has researched the subcultural milieu of contemporary body modification, focusing on the ways sexuality, gender and ethnicity are being reconfigured through new body technologies - not only tattooing, but piercing, cyberpunk and such 'neotribal' practices as scarification. She interprets the stories of sixteen body modifiers (as well as some subcultural magazines and films) using the tools of feminist and queer theory. Pitts not only covers a hot topic but also situates it in a theoretical context.
Book Synopsis In the Flesh by : V. Pitts
Download or read book In the Flesh written by V. Pitts and published by Springer. This book was released on 2003-05-15 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through an interview-based study, Victoria Pitts has researched the subcultural milieu of contemporary body modification, focusing on the ways sexuality, gender and ethnicity are being reconfigured through new body technologies - not only tattooing, but piercing, cyberpunk and such 'neotribal' practices as scarification. She interprets the stories of sixteen body modifiers (as well as some subcultural magazines and films) using the tools of feminist and queer theory. Pitts not only covers a hot topic but also situates it in a theoretical context.
This captivating book offers readers a wider perspective and deeper appreciation for the art of tattooing than what's typically shown in the media. For those considering getting a tattoo, this will perhaps inform their decision. The book covers the history of tattooing, traveling from ancient Egypt, Rome, and Greece, to Asia, the Middle East, Europe, and the United States. It explains the historical reasons for tattooing. It then goes on to investigate current tattoo trends, including calligraphy and the fusion of cultural designs.
Book Synopsis The History of Tattoos and Body Modification by : Nicholas Faulkner
Download or read book The History of Tattoos and Body Modification written by Nicholas Faulkner and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2018-07-15 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This captivating book offers readers a wider perspective and deeper appreciation for the art of tattooing than what's typically shown in the media. For those considering getting a tattoo, this will perhaps inform their decision. The book covers the history of tattooing, traveling from ancient Egypt, Rome, and Greece, to Asia, the Middle East, Europe, and the United States. It explains the historical reasons for tattooing. It then goes on to investigate current tattoo trends, including calligraphy and the fusion of cultural designs.
Under the Skin considers the motivation behind why people pierce, tattoo, cosmetically enhance, or otherwise modify their body, from a psychoanalytic perspective. It discusses how the therapist can understand and help individuals for whom the manipulation of the body is felt to be psychically necessary, regardless of whether the process of modification causes pain.In this book, psychoanalyst Alessandra Lemma draws on her work in the consulting room, as well as films, fiction, art and clinical research to suggest that the motivation for extensively modifying the surface of th.
Book Synopsis Under the Skin by : Alessandra Lemma
Download or read book Under the Skin written by Alessandra Lemma and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-02-25 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Under the Skin considers the motivation behind why people pierce, tattoo, cosmetically enhance, or otherwise modify their body, from a psychoanalytic perspective. It discusses how the therapist can understand and help individuals for whom the manipulation of the body is felt to be psychically necessary, regardless of whether the process of modification causes pain.In this book, psychoanalyst Alessandra Lemma draws on her work in the consulting room, as well as films, fiction, art and clinical research to suggest that the motivation for extensively modifying the surface of th.
This work looks at how the act of looking at our own and others' bodies is informed by the techniques, expectations, and strategies (often surgical) of bodily modification.
Book Synopsis The Cosmetic Gaze by : Bernadette Wegenstein
Download or read book The Cosmetic Gaze written by Bernadette Wegenstein and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2012-03-02 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work looks at how the act of looking at our own and others' bodies is informed by the techniques, expectations, and strategies (often surgical) of bodily modification.
Establishes the body's undeniable presence and strangeness as the material out of which human beings are made
Book Synopsis The Body Aesthetic by : Tobin Siebers
Download or read book The Body Aesthetic written by Tobin Siebers and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Establishes the body's undeniable presence and strangeness as the material out of which human beings are made
This is the first general monograph on ancient Greek dress in English to be published in more than a century. By applying modern dress theory to the ancient evidence, this book reconstructs the social meanings attached to the dressed body in ancient Greece. Whereas many scholars have focused on individual aspects of ancient Greek dress, from the perspectives of literary, visual, and archaeological sources, this volume synthesizes the diverse evidence and offers fresh insights into this essential aspect of ancient society. Intended to be accessible to nonspecialists as well as classicists, and students as well as academic professionals, this book will find a wide audience.
Book Synopsis Body, Dress, and Identity in Ancient Greece by : Mireille M. Lee
Download or read book Body, Dress, and Identity in Ancient Greece written by Mireille M. Lee and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-01-12 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first general monograph on ancient Greek dress in English to be published in more than a century. By applying modern dress theory to the ancient evidence, this book reconstructs the social meanings attached to the dressed body in ancient Greece. Whereas many scholars have focused on individual aspects of ancient Greek dress, from the perspectives of literary, visual, and archaeological sources, this volume synthesizes the diverse evidence and offers fresh insights into this essential aspect of ancient society. Intended to be accessible to nonspecialists as well as classicists, and students as well as academic professionals, this book will find a wide audience.
Book Synopsis Customizing the Body by : Clinton Sanders
Download or read book Customizing the Body written by Clinton Sanders and published by Temple University Press. This book was released on 2009-08-21 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tattoos as art, work, decoration and defiance.
This volume explores the growing range of practices such as piercing, tattooing, branding, cutting and inserting implants which have sprung up recently in the West.
Book Synopsis Body Modification by : Mike Featherstone
Download or read book Body Modification written by Mike Featherstone and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2000-06-06 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume explores the growing range of practices such as piercing, tattooing, branding, cutting and inserting implants which have sprung up recently in the West.
