Mutilating the Body: Identity in Blood and Ink

Analyzes the different ways in which people use their bodies for self- expression, looking at the significance of body modification and the ways in which forms of body art and alteration serve individual and cultural needs. Discusses piercing and tatooing, eating disorders, self-cutting, and ritualized consensual sadomasochism. Includes b&w photos. Paper edition (unseen), $18.95. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.