Title Body piercing and identity construction : a comparative perspective---New York, New Orleans, Wrocław / Lisiunia A. Romanienko

Edition 1st ed Published New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 255 pages) : illustrations Contents Nonverbal communication -- Verbal communication -- Bohemian network -- Ideological apparatus -- Economic contestation -- Digital contestation -- Biker contestation -- Sexual sabotage -- Political sabotage -- Aesthetic sabotage -- Organic sabotage Summary Based on a fifteen year longitudinal cross-cultural analysis on the role of the body in identity construction process around the world, this analysis provides readers with a comparative theoretical exploration of piercing and other forms of body modification that international communities of defiance use to express their identity Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-250) and index Notes Print version record Subject Body piercing -- Social aspects -- New York (State) -- New York -- Longitudinal studies Body piercing -- Social aspects -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Longitudinal studies Body piercing -- Social aspects -- Poland -- Wrocław -- Longitudinal studies Body piercing -- Political aspects -- New York (State) -- New York -- Longitudinal studies Body piercing -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Longitudinal studies Body piercing -- Political aspects -- Poland -- Wrocław -- Longitudinal studies Identity (Psychology) -- New York (State) -- New York -- Longitudinal studies Identity (Psychology) -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Longitudinal studies Identity (Psychology) -- Poland -- Wrocław -- Longitudinal studies Social & cultural anthropology. HEALTH & FITNESS -- Beauty & Grooming. Society. Body piercing Identity (Psychology) Louisiana -- New Orleans New York (State) -- New York Poland -- Wrocław Genre/Form Longitudinal studies dissertations. Academic theses. Thèses et écrits académiques. Form Electronic book LC no. 2010525663 ISBN 9780230117129 0230117120 9781349292752 1349292753 9786613028006 6613028002 9781283028004 128302800X

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