Body Bizarre, Body Beautiful

Tattoos, body piercings, wild hairstyles -- people all over the world have been decorating & changing their bodies for as long as anyone can remember. This book fills you in on the how, why, & when of what people have done in the past, & what they're doing now. Author Nan McNab has always had a particular fascination for the incredible variety of ways in which people decorate themselves, & why they want to do it. Here she includes chapters on skin, face paint, body paint, tattoos, piercing, scars, hair, dress up, reshaping the body, & safety first. Numerous illustrations, including B&W & color photos, provide examples of the great variety of ways that humans adorn their bodies.