Tattoo, Torture, Mutilation, and Adornment - The Denaturalization of the Body in Culture and Text

Analyzes the power of culture to encode its messages on the human form.

About the author

Frances E. Mascia-Lees is Professor of Anthropology at Simon's Rock College of Bard where she is also co-director of Women's Studies. She is the author of Toward a Model of Women's Status. Patricia Sharpe is Professor of Literature and Women's Studies at Simon's Rock College of Bard.

Product details

• Authors: Frances E. Mascia-Lees
• Assisted by: Frances E Mascia-Lees (Editor), Frances E. Mascia-Lees (Editor), Patricia Sharpe (Editor)
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.09.1992
• EAN: 9780791410660
• ISBN: 978-0-7914-1066-0
• No. of pages: 184
• Dimensions: 173 mm x 229 mm x 10 mm
• Weight: 254 g
• Series: Suny Series, the Body in Cultu; Suny Series, Body in Culture,
• Subjects: Guides > Health > Beauty/cosmetics; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories