Modern Primitives: An anthropological inquiry into a contemporary social enigma-the increasingly popular revival of ancient human decoration practices such as symbolic/deeply personal tattooing, multiple piercings, and ritual scarification. "Primitive" actions which rupture conventional confines of behavior & aesthetics are objectively scrutinized. In context of the death of global frontiers, this volume charts the territory of the last remaining underdeveloped source of first-hand experience: the human body. Book jacket.
- Pages
- 205
- Published
- 1989
- Publisher
- Re-Search Publications
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780965046930