Body arts and modernity
By: edited by Elizabeth Ewart and Michael O'Hanlon.
Contributors: Ewart, Elizabeth.; O'Hanlon, Michael.
Publisher: Sean Kingston
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Wantage
Language: eng
Number of pages: 185
ISBN-13: 9780954557294
Subjects: Body art; Body art -- Social aspects
Description: Drawing on ethnographic case studies from Amazonia, Indonesia, Africa, Melanesia and Polynesia, this text shows how bodily presentation plays a fundamental role in contemporary identity politics in tension with encompassing national and global stereotypes, which may in turn both constrain and empower local traditions.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.