Body Piercing and Identity Construction A Comparative Perspective — New York, New Orleans, Wroc?aw
Description
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.
Keywords
Social ScienceSociologyUrbanAnthropologyCultural & SocialRegional Studies
2011Book
Author(s)Lisiunia A. Romanienko
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan US
ISBN9780230110328
LanguageEnglish
