Marks of Civilization

Artistic Transformations of the Human Body

• Author(s): Arnold Rubin,
• Publisher: Museum of Cultural History, University of California, Los Angeles
• Pages: 279
• ISBN_10: 0930741129
  ISBN_13: 9780930741129
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Art / Body Art & Tattooing , Health & Fitness / Beauty & Grooming , Social Science / Anthropology / General ,

Description:... Body piercing, scarification, tattooing - for thousands of years decorative alteration of the human body has been invested with profound cultural and social meaning. This collection of essays, photographs and drawings focuses on the many and diverse ways that human beings have permanently decorated their bodies.