BODY PIERCING BOOKS
Subtitled A Complete Illustrated Guide To Tattoos, Piercings, and other Body Modifications. A good overview of the state of body modification and provides a good introduction to many different body modification procedures. All in all a good introduction to the world of body modification. $8.95
Color Full Pain: Tattoo Piercing is an amazing portfolio of black and white photographs, Walter Kehr documents one of the strangest fads to sweep through the contemporary American counter-culture -- body piercing and tattooing. Practices normally associated with primitive cultures, body piercing combined with tattooing has taken on aspects of social protest and the "body-as-art". Warning: Kehr's Color Full Of Pain is not for the squeamish. $17.50
Book Description
This scholarly discussion places acts of body mutilation within a conceptual framework that explores their similarities and dissimilarities, but ultimately interprets them as acts that ask to be witnessed. The author explores self-mutilation through history and across cultural divisions. About the Author Kim Hewitt is a writer who is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in American Civilization at the University of Texas at Austin. Her interests include the history and influence of eastern philosophies in the United States, utopian communities, spirituality, and altered consciousness. $17.50
Subtitled A Celebration of Body Adornment : Piercing, Tattooing, Scarification, Body Painting. This book is a good introduction to the world of body modification, concentrating on piercing and scarification. A coffee table sized book lavishly illustrated with many pictures, and a good outline of why people modify themselves. $17.50
Synopsis
Gives information needed to make an informed decision about body modification including the laws and safety regulations surrounding this business. $19.95