Say "body modifications" and most people think of tattoos and piercings. They associate these mainly with the urban primitives of the 1980s to today and with pr

The series provides quality, balanced, and accessible information on a very high interest topic. Each title discusses the topic from an historical and/or cultur

Piercing the body to wear jewelry is an ancient practice that has grown in popularity and acceptance in recent years. Today, people of all ages have embraced pi

Discusses the history of various forms of body marking, current popularity of body piercing and tattoos, how and why these are done, and some things to think ab

An ethnography of the tattoo community, tracing the practice's transformation from a mostly male, working-class phenomenon to one adapted and propagated by a mo