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{{Infobox book | |||
| italic title = no | |||
| name = Modern Primitives | |||
| image = Modern_primitivescover.gif | |||
| author = V. Vale, Andrea Juno | |||
| illustrator = | |||
| genre = Culture Studies | |||
| country = Hong Kong | |||
| publisher = RE/Search Publications | |||
| pub_date = October 4, 1989 | |||
| language = English | |||
| pages = 212 | |||
| isbn = 0965046931 | |||
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'''Modern Primitives''', published in October of [[1989]] by V. Vale and Andrea Juno, is a book of information, interviews, and photography not only dealing with modern body modification practices including [[Tattooing]], [[Piercing]], [[Scarification]], and [[Ritual (disambiguation)|ritual]], but the tribal and primitive origins of these practices. | |||
From the back cover: | |||
:''MODERN PRIMITIVES: An anthropological inquiry into a contemporary social enigma - the increasingly popular revival of ancient human decoration practices such as symbolic/deeply personal tattooing, multiple piercings, and ritual scarification. "Primitive" actions which rupture conventional confines of behavior & aesthetics are objectively scrutinized. In context of the death of global frontiers, this volume charts the territory of the last remaining underdeveloped source of first-hand experience: the human body.'' | |||
(Vale, 1989) | |||
Latest revision as of 08:12, 17 September 2023
Modern Primitives, published in October of 1989 by V. Vale and Andrea Juno, is a book of information, interviews, and photography not only dealing with modern body modification practices including Tattooing, Piercing, Scarification, and ritual, but the tribal and primitive origins of these practices.
From the back cover:
- MODERN PRIMITIVES: An anthropological inquiry into a contemporary social enigma - the increasingly popular revival of ancient human decoration practices such as symbolic/deeply personal tattooing, multiple piercings, and ritual scarification. "Primitive" actions which rupture conventional confines of behavior & aesthetics are objectively scrutinized. In context of the death of global frontiers, this volume charts the territory of the last remaining underdeveloped source of first-hand experience: the human body.
(Vale, 1989)