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02179aam a2200373Ii 4500 001 086D68740E6D11E5BFCEA8CCDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20150609010047 008 140626s2014 enka b 001 0 eng d 010 $a 2014931271 020 $a 0500204209 (pbk.) : 020 $a 9780500204207 (pbk.) : 035 $a (OCoLC)881821774 040 $a GK8 $b eng $e rda $c GK8 $d BDX $d UKMGB $d YDXCP $d CDX $d YNK $d OCLCO $d OCP $d UAB $d QBX $d VP@ $d NGU $d VT2 $d OCLCF $d NMH $d SILO 050 4 $a GN419.15 $b .T46 2014 082 04 $a 391.6/5 $2 23 100 1 $a Thomas, Nicholas, $d 1960- $e author. 245 10 $a Body art / $c Nicholas Thomas. 264 1 $a London : $b Thames & Hudson, $c 2014. 300 $a 208 pages : $b illustrations (chiefly color) ; $c 21 cm. 490 1 $a World of art. 505 0 $a Introduction -- Humanity -- Society -- Theatricality -- Beauty -- Criminality -- Identity -- Afterword. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 200-201) and index. 520 $a Body art, practiced across the world cultures and throughout history, is the most intimate art form, linking the self, the senses, and the social and political. In recent years, it has proliferated in an unprecedented way, borrowing motifs and practices from many different traditions. Explore their role in expressing personal and cultural identity; their longstanding associations with ritual, theatricality, criminality and beauty; and their recent resurgence via the Modern Primitabe movement and the work of contemporary artists such as Marc Quinn and Rebecca Belmore. The diversity of body arts is chronicled here: from Australian and African traditions of painting and scarification to Chinese footbinding, Russian prison tattoos, Harlem drag balls and the inked designs worn by celebrities such as Tupac Shakur and David Beckham. 650 0 $a Body art. 650 0 $a Body marking. 650 0 $a Body piercing. 650 0 $a Tattooing. 830 0 $a World of art. 941 $a 3 952 $l USUX851 $d 20170706044801.0 952 $l PGAX715 $d 20151117170831.0 952 $l UNUX074 $d 20150609013321.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=086D68740E6D11E5BFCEA8CCDAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search