Body Modification Urban Primitive Subcultures
Body Modification Urban Primitive Subcultures
Body Modification
Body modification is the practice of permanently altering one's physical appearance, artistically or otherwise. The modification may be publicly visible or not.
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- Erik Sprague is a sideshow artist who shares his experiences and philosophies behind his body modifications. Features an events list as well as contact and booking information.
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- Clinical torture, body modification, needle art and bondage.
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- Private ritual and public performance flesh hook suspension group based out of Phoenix, AZ.
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- A research paper by Mecca Shakoor, a student at U.C. Berkeley. Outlines the history and relates it to two movements: Punk and Urban Primitive.
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- An academic-style research paper on the sociologial bases for recent interest in body modification. Contains references. By Susan Holtham.
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- Article by A.Clay Thompson concerning a change in societal views of tattoos. [Pacific News]
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- Information on the annual conference on body modification and images from past events.
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- Reference site pertaining to body rituals such as flesh pulls and suspensions.
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- Essay by Sander Thomas expaining his view on some of the meanings and reasons for certain body adornments.
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- Discusses the effects of using corsets to change the shape of the body.
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- From the Body Modification E-zine - individuals share their experiences of their chosen modification and the internal processes leading up to the event.
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- A recovering addict tells his story about his first tattoo and the process of reconciling that decision with The Bible.
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- BME/World provides free home pages and e-mail to people with body modification interests. This page also provides a list of those personal home pages.
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- Article by Gemma Tarlach asking if body modification is trend or cultural phemonenon. [Milwaukee Journal Sentinal]
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