In the Flesh: The Cultural Politics of Body Modification

Through an interview-based study, Victoria Pitts has researched the subcultural milieu of contemporary body modification, focusing on the ways sexuality, gender and ethnicity are being reconfigured through new body technologies - not only tattooing, but piercing, cyberpunk and such 'neotribal' practices as scarification. She interprets the stories of sixteen body modifiers (as well as some subcultural magazines and films) using the tools of feminist and queer theory. Pitts not only covers a hot topic but also situates it in a theoretical context.

• Body Studies: The Basics
• The Body in Society: An Introduction
• Fat: The Anthropology of an Obsession
• Running the Gauntlet
• I Can't Breathe: A Killing on Bay Street
• Modern Primitives: An Investigation of Contemporary Adornment and Ritual
• Bodies of Subversion: A Secret History of Women and Tattoo, 3rd Edition
• Ain't I a Beauty Queen?: Black Women, Beauty, and the Politics of Race
• FEATHERSTONE: BODY MODIFICATION (P) (Published in association with Theory, Culture & Society)
• The Other Side of Sadness: What the New Science of Bereavement Tells Us About Life After Loss