Modern Primitives

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Summary: Not what i expected
Review: The book is filled with black and white pictures of interviewed people. The book mainly consists of interviews with many people and their views on body modification, let it bee tattooing, piercing etc. Nothing about body art but more so about people that have practiced/played a large role in body art. Interesting if you are interested in "famous" people and their opinions about body modification but utterly useless if you want to know facts and information about it.

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Summary: An essential reference for body modification
Review: This book is one of the first in-depth works which documents the modern body modification movement. The roots of the movement are traced back to their various origins around the world. Interviews with figures such as Fakir Musafar and Leo Zulueta, and numerous diagrams and photos make this an excellent resource for anyone interested in the history or practice of body art.

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Summary: a book i keep picking up again and again
Review: This is the book that really turned me on to the body as art - to body modification, scarification, corseting, piercing, and all of the other -ifications that have become so wildly popular. Good for the voyeur, and basic reading for the neo-fetishist. Just plain cool. Maybe (nowadays, with Marilyn Manson, et al) a tad out of date.