Encylopedia of body adornment

Encyclopedia of Body Adornment

Encyclopedia of

BODY ADORNMENT

MARGO DeMELLO

GREENWOOD PRESS Westport, Connecticut r London

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data DeMello, Margo. Encyclopedia of body adornment / Margo DeMello. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN-13: 978–0–313–33695–9 (alk. paper) 1. Body marking—Encyclopedias. 2.Tattooing—Encyclopedias. 3. Body piercing—Encyclopedias. 4. Scarification (Body marking)—Encyclopedias. 5. Body, Human—Social aspects—Encyclopedias. I. Title. GN419.15. D46 2007 2007016304 391.6 503—dc22 British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data is available. Copyright
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2007 by Margo DeMello

All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced, by any process or technique, without theexpress written consent of the publisher. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 2007016304 ISBN-13: 978–0–313–33695–9 First published in 2007 Greenwood Press, 88 Post Road West, Westport, CT 06881 An imprint of Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc. www.greenwood.com Printed in the United States of America

The paper used in this book complies with the Permanent Paper Standard issued by the NationalInformation Standards Organization (Z39.48–1984). 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Contents

List of Entries Guide to Related Topics Preface Introduction Encyclopedia of Body Adornment Resource Guide Bibliography Index

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List of Entries

Acupuncture Alliance of Professional Tattooists American Tattooing Amputation Animal Branding Animality Animal Surgical ProceduresAnimal Tattooing Anorexia and Bulimia Apotemnophilia Asceticism Association of Professional Piercers Auschwitz Australia Bakhtin, Mikhail Bariatric Surgery Barnum, P. T. BDSM Beauty Bible Biker Tattooing Bio-Power BMEZine.com Bodybuilding Body Dysmorphic Disorder Body Hair Body Painting Body Piercing Body Play Bondage Borneo Bourdieu, Pierre Branding Brazil Breast Augmentation and ReductionBreast Ironing Breast Reconstruction Broadbent, Betty

Castration Celts Chicanos China Christianity Circumcision Circus Class and Status Clitoral Piercing Clitoridectomy Collins, Sailor Jerry Contemporary Tattooing Cook, Captain James Corsets Cosmetic Dentistry Cosmetics Cosmetic Surgery Cosmetic Tattooing Criminality Cross-Dressers Cutting Dances Sacred and Profane Dermal Anchoring Ear Piercing EarShaping Ear Spools and Earplugs Ear Stretching Easter Island Egypt Encumberments England Enigma, The Ethiopia Facial Hair Facial Piercing Facial Tattoos Female Genital Mutilation

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Fingernails Flash Flesh Coils Flesh Tunnels Foot Binding Foucault, Michel Fraternities Freak Shows Freaks Gang Members Gauntlet Gender Genetic Engineering Genital Mutilation Genital PiercingGenital Tattooing Great Omi, The Greco-Roman World Hair Cutting and Head Shaving Hairstyles Hair Treatments Hand Piercing Hardy, Don Ed Hawaii Haworth, Steve Head Binding Health Issues Henna Hijras Implants India Infibulation Intersexuality Inuit Islam Ivory Coast Japan Jewelry Judaism Labrets Lazonga, Vyvyn Legislation and Regulation Lip Plates

Magic and the Occult Makeup Maori MarquesasMarshall Islands Medical Tattooing Meso-America Military Tattoos Modern Primitives Modern Primitives Moko Musafar, Fakir National Tattoo Association Native Americans Navel Piercing Neo-Paganism New Guinea New Zealand Nigeria Nipple Piercing Nose Piercing Obesity Oral Piercing Orchiectomy Pacific Northwest Indians Pain Papua New Guinea Pe’a Penis Piercing Permanent Makeup PFIQ Philippines PiercingPlastic Surgery Pocketing and Stapling Primitivism Prison Tattooing Punk Rites of Passage Roman Russia Samoa Scalpelling

LIST OF ENTRIES

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Scarification Self-Mortification Self-Mutilation Sex Reassignment Surgery Sideshow Silicone Injections Skin Whitening Slavery Spanner Case Sprague, Eric Stalking Cat Stigmata Stretching Sudan Super/Subincision Surface Piercing Suspensions Tahiti Tanning...