{"product_id":"body-modification-mike-featherstone-9780761967965","title":"Body Modification","description":"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?  \u003cp\u003eContributors address the question of the permanence of body transformation through fitness regimes and body building; look at the French performance artist Orlan and the Australian performance artist Stelarc who explored Western standard o\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mike Featherstone\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0761967966\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780761967965\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sage Publications Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/06\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.18lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.28h x 6.26w x 0.71d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mike Featherstone","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44059652980991,"sku":"9780761967965","price":83.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b33d5205-f33d-4e8c-8d0e-79256f5158a9.jpg?v=1685059527","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/body-modification-mike-featherstone-9780761967965","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}