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OverviewBased 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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: NA NA , Kenneth A. LoparoPublisher: Palgrave Macmillan Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.582kg ISBN: 9780230110328ISBN 10: 0230110320 Pages: 255 Publication Date: 12 January 2011 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsNonverbal Communication Verbal Communication Discursive Networks Ideological Apparatus Economic Contestation Digital Contestation Biker Contestation Sexual Sabotage Political Sabotage Aesthetic Sabotage Organic SabotageReviews<p>“This examination of body piercing and anarchist communities is a tour de force over the academic discourse on sub-cultural networks, identity construction, and maintenance and resistance. Lisa’s lengthy association, lasting more than fifteen years, with body piercing and anarchist communities across the world has enabled her to gain valuable firsthand insights and to provide nuanced explanations rooted in a wide range of diverse conceptual frameworks that are seldom used so interactively in a single manuscript dealing with body modification.”  --Dawood H. Sultan, Assistant Professor, University of South Florida<p>“A powerful portrayal of some of the most animated members of the emerging militant movement of love.” --Waldemar “Major” Fydrych, founder of Poland’s Orange Alternative [Pomaranczowa Alternatywa] and the Fairies and Fools Political Party This examination of body piercing and anarchist communities is a tour de force over the academic discourse on sub-cultural networks, identity construction, and maintenance and resistance. Lisa's lengthy association, lasting more than fifteen years, with body piercing and anarchist communities across the world has enabled her to gain valuable firsthand insights and to provide nuanced explanations rooted in a wide range of diverse conceptual frameworks that are seldom used so interactively in a single manuscript dealing with body modification. - Dawood H. Sultan, Assistant Professor, University of South Florida A powerful portrayal of some of the most animated members of the emerging militant movement of love. - Waldemar Major Fydrych, founder of Poland's Orange Alternative [Pomaranczowa Alternatywa] and the Fairies and Fools Political Party <p> This examination of body piercing and anarchist communities is a tour de force over the academic discourse on sub-cultural networks, identity construction, and maintenance and resistance. Lisa's lengthy association, lasting more than fifteen years, with body piercing and anarchist communities across the world has enabled her to gain valuable firsthand insights and to provide nuanced explanations rooted in a wide range of diverse conceptual frameworks that are seldom used so interactively in a single manuscript dealing with body modification. --Dawood H. Sultan, Assistant Professor, University of South Florida<p> A powerful portrayal of some of the most animated members of the emerging militant movement of love. --Waldemar Major Fydrych, founder of Poland's Orange Alternative [Pomaranczowa Alternatywa] and the Fairies and Fools Political Party Author InformationAuthor Website: http://home.netcom.com/~lroman/id20.htmlLISA A. ROMANIENKO is Adjunct Instructor at the University of Economics Management in Wroclaw, Poland. Tab Content 6Author Website: http://home.netcom.com/~lroman/id20.htmlCountries AvailableAll regions |
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