The Customized Body
The Customized BodyTed Polhemus
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The Customized Body

The Customized Body

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Throughout history, mankind has adorned and customized the body. Over 100 photographs by "Erotic Oscar" winner Housk Randall touch all the bases--body shaping and painting, tattooing, scarification, piercing, and masks--in graphic and dramatic style, while the text by social antropologist Ted Polhemus explores the origins and development of these phenomena. 104 photos.