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Description for In the Flesh
Paperback. Num Pages: 245 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JHB; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 319.
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
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
245
Condition
New
Number of Pages
239
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349387366
SKU
V9781349387366
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Ref
99-15
About Victoria 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