Body Piercing and Identity Construction: A Comparative Perspective—New York, New Orleans, Wrocław
Based on a fifteen year longitudinal cross-cultural analysis on the role of the body in identity construction process around the world, this analysis provides readers with a comparative theoretical exploration of piercing and other forms of body modification that international communities of defianc...
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
2011.
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230117129 |
| Summary: | Based on a fifteen year longitudinal cross-cultural analysis on the role of the body in identity construction process around the world, this analysis provides readers with a comparative theoretical exploration of piercing and other forms of body modification that international communities of defiance use to express their identity. |
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| Physical Description: | XII, 255 p. 17 illus. online resource. |
| ISBN: | 9780230117129 |