Body Piercing and Identity Construction: A Comparative Perspective -- New York, New Orleans, Wroc?aw - Hardcover

by Na Na (Author)

Based on a fifteen year longitudinal cross-cultural analysis on the role of the body in identity construction process around the world, this analysis provides readers with a comparative theoretical exploration of piercing and other forms of body modification that international communities of defiance use to express their identity.

Author Biography

LISA A. ROMANIENKO is Adjunct Instructor at the University of Economics Management in Wroclaw, Poland.