In the Flesh

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In the Flesh

In the Flesh-cover.jpg

Author Victoria Pitts
Illustrator
Genre Culture Studies
Country United States
Publisher Palgrave MacMillian
Published 2003
Language English
Pages 239
ISBN 0312293119

In the Flesh: the Cultural Politics of Body Modification is a book exploring the connections between body modification and contemporary issues, such as sex, gender and identity. It was written by Victoria Pitts, a sociology professor at Queens College, City University of New York.

Featured in this book, among many others, are Shannon Larratt, Steve Haworth, and Jesse Jarrell (who made the outfit pictured on the cover). The woman on the cover is Beki B..