Body Piercing and Identity Construction: A Comparative Perspective -- New York, New Orleans, Wroc?aw

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.

Author: Na Na
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 01/12/2011
Pages: 255
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.20w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780230110328

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 08/01/2011 pg. 50

About the Author
LISA A. ROMANIENKO is Adjunct Instructor at the University of Economics Management in Wroclaw, Poland.