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Body modification (or body alteration) is the deliberate altering of the human anatomy or human physical appearance. [1] In its broadest definition it includes skin tattooing, socially acceptable decoration (e.g., common ear piercing in many societies), and religious rites of passage (e.g., circumcision in a number of cultures), as well as the modern primitive movement.
Modification of the body in order to sculpt their self-image. Activities which reject society at large. Exploring the self is a personal statement, which society rejects. Resisting what they see as colonialism, and identification with anticolonial struggles. [4]
Some body modifications are the result of long-term activities or practices involved in applying force, such as constriction, to a part of the body. Tightlacing – binding of the waist and shaping of the torso; Cranial binding – modification of the shape of infants' heads, now extremely rare
An army veteran wins the Guinness World Record for “Most Tattooed Woman,” having 99.98% of her body covered in tattoos and other modifications Image credits: modifiedapparition
Modern Primitives, written by V. Vale and Andrea Juno, is a RE/Search publications book about body modification, published in 1989.The book consists of a collection of twenty two interviews and two essays with individuals and key figures involved in the field of body modification in the late 1980s.
This procedure has taken root in Western body modification culture, the modern primitives. Meatotomy is a form that involves splitting of the glans penis alone, while bisection is a more extreme form that splits the penis entirely in half. Woman with clitoral hood piercing – Taiwan, 2009
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