Body Decoration
Title | Body Decoration PDF eBook |
Author | Karl Gröning |
Publisher | |
Pages | 272 |
Release | 1998 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN |
This unrivalled collection of striking photographs traces more than ten thousand years of cultural history - from the body painting of stone-age peoples to the self-inflicted piercing of punks and the enduring image of the carnival clown in modern industrial society - illustrating an art form that is finding new relevance in the world of today. To set the plates in context, a distinguished team of art historians, ethnologists and archaeologists has provided enlightening commentaries which document the development of an extraordinarily broad spectrum of body painting, tattooing and scarring techniques.
Celtic Body Decoration
Title | Celtic Body Decoration PDF eBook |
Author | Andy Sloss |
Publisher | |
Pages | 72 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | Art, Celtic |
ISBN | 9781858685977 |
Extreme Deviance
Title | Extreme Deviance PDF eBook |
Author | Erich Goode |
Publisher | Pine Forge Press |
Pages | 265 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1412937221 |
This title takes a look at normative violations that earn the violators a deviant identity in the eyes of the members of mainstream society.
The Face of Fashion
Title | The Face of Fashion PDF eBook |
Author | Jennifer Craik |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 265 |
Release | 2003-09-02 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 1134940564 |
First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Companion Encyclopedia of Anthropology
Title | Companion Encyclopedia of Anthropology PDF eBook |
Author | Tim Ingold |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
Pages | 1172 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | Reference |
ISBN | 9780415286046 |
New in paperback, this Companion provides a unique survey of contemporary thinking in biological, social and cultural anthropology. A prestigious editor leads an international team of acknowledged experts in each field.
Drawing with Great Needles
Title | Drawing with Great Needles PDF eBook |
Author | Aaron Deter-Wolf |
Publisher | University of Texas Press |
Pages | 312 |
Release | 2013-11-15 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 0292749120 |
For thousands of years, Native Americans used the physical act and visual language of tattooing to construct and reinforce the identity of individuals and their place within society and the cosmos. This book offers an examination into the antiquity, meaning, and significance of Native American tattooing in the Eastern Woodlands and Great Plains.--Publisher description.
Man Bac
Title | Man Bac PDF eBook |
Author | Marc F. Oxenham |
Publisher | ANU E Press |
Pages | 247 |
Release | 2011-05-01 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1921862238 |
The site of Man Bac in the Red River Delta of Vietnam, one of the most meticulously excavated and carefully analysed of Southeast Asian archaeological sites in the past few years, is emerging as a key site in the region. This book carefully analyses the human and animal remains and puts them into context. The authors describe in detail the health status, the unusual demographic profile and the interestingly divergent affinities of the cemetery population, and discuss their meaning, particularly in association with evidence for the use of marine and terrestrial animal resources; they argue convincingly that the site documents a time when the face of the region's population was undergoing a fundamental shift, associated with a changing economic subsistence base. Physical anthropologists and archaeologists have argued for years over the timeline, the manner and the very nature of Southeast Asian population history, and this book is essential reading in this debate. Two supporting appendices describe the individual remains in detail.