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Description for In the Flesh
Paperback. Through an interview-based study, Victoria Pitts has researched the subcultural milieu of contemporary body modification, focusing on the ways sexuality, gender and ethnicity are being reconfigured through new body technologies such as tattooing, piercing and scarification. Num Pages: 248 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: JFCA; JHMC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 356.
Through an interview-based study, Victoria Pitts has researched the subcultural milieu of contemporary body modification, focusing on the ways sexuality, gender and ethnicity are being reconfigured through new body technologies - not only tattooing, but piercing, cyberpunk and such 'neotribal' practices as scarification. She interprets the stories of sixteen body modifiers (as well as some subcultural magazines and films) using the tools of feminist and queer theory. Pitts not only covers a hot topic but also situates it in a theoretical context.
Through an interview-based study, Victoria Pitts has researched the subcultural milieu of contemporary body modification, focusing on the ways sexuality, gender and ethnicity are being reconfigured through new body technologies - not only tattooing, but piercing, cyberpunk and such 'neotribal' practices as scarification. She interprets the stories of sixteen body modifiers (as well as some subcultural magazines and films) using the tools of feminist and queer theory. Pitts not only covers a hot topic but also situates it in a theoretical context.
Product Details
Publisher
St Martin's Press United States
Number of pages
248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
Number of Pages
239
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9780312293116
SKU
V9780312293116
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99-15
About V. Pitts
VICTORIA PITTS is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Queen's College, City University of New York.
Reviews for In the Flesh
'This work provides insight into a relatively understudied segment of the population.' - Debra Moore, Library Journal