| Tattoo, Torture, Mutilation, and Adornment: The Denaturalization of the Body in Culture and Text (S U N Y Series, the Body in Culture, History, and Religion) | 
 enlarge | Author: Frances E. Mascia-lees
Creator: Patricia Sharpe
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Category: Book
List Price: $59.50
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 6239209
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 172
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 9.5 x 6.3 x 0.5
ISBN: 079141065X
Dewey Decimal Number: 391.65
EAN: 9780791410653
ASIN: 079141065X
Publication Date: September 1992
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Condition: Publisher: State Univ of New York PressDate of Publication: 1992Binding: Hard Cover, Illustrated BoardsCondition: Very Good+/No JacketDescription: 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall 079141065x Near Fine HARD COVER, no dj, illustrated boards, very light wear on foredge of boards, else fine, crisp and clean.
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A wast of good money. February 22, 2008
It was not at all, what I expected. It was not a book about tattoo at all, a wast of good money.
BUYER BEWARE!!! June 20, 1999
31 out of 36 found this review helpful
The title of this book is incredibly misleading. IT has NOTHING to do with body adornment. It is about the changing sociological perspective of the human body and the gender issues involved. I bought this book with the intention of doing a research paper on body adornment, but all 175 pages of this book were unusable. It was a complete waste of my money. The editors should SERIOUSLY consider changing the title so as to not TRICK the reading public.
This book is not what it seems February 28, 1998
19 out of 23 found this review helpful
This title came up in a search on the keyword "tattoo". The cover illustration has some tattoos, and the introduction talks a bit about body modification, but the rest of the book has *nothing* to do with this subject. Still, they are marketing the book towards this audience. In addition, it is largely written in postmodern gobbledygook. I found it to be virtually unreadable.
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