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| Punk and Neo-Tribal Body Art (Folk Art and Artists) | 
 enlarge | Author: Daniel Wojcik
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 1308461
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 72
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 8.2 x 0.5
ISBN: 0878057358
Dewey Decimal Number: 391.6
EAN: 9780878057351
ASIN: 0878057358
Publication Date: May 1, 1995
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Condition: Brand new, never read. No wear or tear. One small marker dot on bottom.
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Product Description
Punk body adornment, the most notorious and celebrated of recent styles among youth, emerged in the mid-1970s and has persisted in varying forms to the present day. This book illustrates the confrontational aesthetic of punk style, and examines in detail the symbolic meanings and subversive aspects of punk body art. Like members of previous subcultures, denizens of the punk subculture have created a coherent and elaborate system of adornment calculated to horrify the general public. An aesthetic of shock, negation, and cultural pessimism is revealed not only through adornment, but through music, art, dance, fanzines, and dramatizations of violence. The symbolic inversions, ritual pollutions, and carnivalesque antics of the punk movement violate the conventions of daily life. The anti- commercial, do-it-yourself ethos of punks, with their emphasis on parody and gender confusion and an interest in the exotic and forbidden, further challenge dominant cultural values and ideologies.
Along with a history of punk, PUNK AND NEO-TRIBAL BODY ART surveys the distinctive styles that have been influenced by punk ethos and aesthetic (including grunge, Gothic, and riot grrrl), and then examines the commercialization of punk style and how some punks reacted by adopting "neo-tribal" forms of body art inspired by non-Western practices in an effort to create an oppositional identity. Special focus is given to post-punk artist Perry Farrell, former lead singer of Jane's Addiction and founder of the annual Lollapalooza music festivals. Emphasizing individual meanings and personal aesthetics, the book explores the subversive and transformative appeal of tattooing, piercing, and scarification among youth and the ways that these forms of body modification are used to articulate feelings of estrangement, mark memorable events, signify a rite of passage, and individualize the body in an aesthetically pleasing and symbolically powerful manner.
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 great pictures and reasoning behind punk and tribal style August 24, 1998
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
It was very informative as far as the philosophies behind the punk and neo tribal style. There is a big section on Perry Farrel (lead singer for Janes Addiction) and his reasoning behind punk and neo tribal style. It really makes you think. You don't have to be punk to enjow this book and it's contents. I would definetely recommend this book!
 Punk Promises September 8, 2007
My two fascinations come together in this informative book: Punk culture and Body Art. If you enjoy these as well, I recomend. The only problem is that it is getting older by the day...copyright 1995. Good for old school review but nothing current available in the past 12yrs.
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