Body Art
Author:   Nicholas Thomas
Publisher:   Thames & Hudson Ltd
ISBN:  

9780500204207


Pages:   208
Publication Date:   13 October 2014
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Nicholas Thomas
Publisher:   Thames & Hudson Ltd
Imprint:   Thames & Hudson Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 15.00cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 21.00cm
Weight:   0.450kg
ISBN:  

9780500204207


ISBN 10:   0500204209
Pages:   208
Publication Date:   13 October 2014
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Introduction – What is ‘body art’? • 1. Humanity • 2. Society • 3. Theatricality • 4. Beauty • 5. Criminality • 6. Identity • Afterword

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Reveals the historical origins of many designs you might see while walking around the giant body art gallery that is the contemporary western city.-- Fast Co.Design


Reveals the historical origins of many designs you might see while walking around the giant body art gallery that is the contemporary western city.


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Nicholas Thomas is Professor of Historical Anthropology, University of Cambridge. Among his previous books are Oceanic Art in the World of Art series and Islanders: the Pacific in the Age of Empire, which won the Wolfson History Prize in 2010.

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