NICHOLAS THOMAS

(P/B) BODY ART
In recent years, body art has proliferated in an unprecedented way, borrowing motifs and practices from many different traditions. What is it that new and borrowed body arts do, and what do they tell us about the global culture that we now inhabit? Anthropologist and art historian Nicholas Thomas explores these questions and many more in this wide-ranging survey of body arts from prehistoric origins to the present. He illuminates their role in expressing personal and cultural identity; their longstanding associations with ritual, theatri...
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