Over 200 entries address the major adornments and modifications, their historical and cross-cultural locations, and the major cultural groups and places in which body modification has been central to social and cultural practices.
Preface Introduction Alphabetical List of Entries 1. Acupuncture 2. Alliance of Professional Tattooists 3. American Tattooing 4. Amputation 5. Animal Branding 6. Animal Surgical Procedures 7. Animal Tattooing 8. Animality 9. Anorexia and Bulimia 10. Apotemnophilia 11. Asceticism 12. Association of Professional Piercers 13. Auschwitz 14. Australia 15. Bakhtin, Mikhail 16. Bariatric Surgery 17. Barnum, P.T. 18. BDSM 19. Beauty 20. Bible 21. Biker Tattooing 22. Bio-Power 23. BMEZine.com 24. Body Building 25. Body Dysmorphic Disorder 26. Body Hair 27. Body Painting 28. Body Piercing 29. Body Play 30. Bondage 31. Borneo 32. Bourdieu, Pierre 33. Branding 34. Brazil 35. Breast Augmentation and Reduction 36. Breast Ironing 37. Breast Reconstruction 38. Broadbent, Betty 39. Castration 40. Celts 41. Chicanos 42. China 43. Christianity 44. Circumcision 45. Class and Status 46. Clitoral Piercing 47. Clitoridectomy 48. Collins, Sailor Jerry 49. Contemporary Tattooing 50. Cook, Captain James 51. Corsets 52. Cosmetic Dentistry 53. Cosmetic Surgery 54. Cosmetic Tattooing 55. Cosmetics 56. Criminality 57. Cross Dressers 58. Cutting 59. Dances Sacred and Profane 60. Dermal Anchoring 61. Ear Piercing 62. Ear Shaping 63. Ear Spools and Ear Plugs 64. Ear Stretching 65. Easter Island 66. Egypt 67. Encumberments 68. England 69. Enigma, The 70. Ethiopia 71. Facial Hair 72. Facial Piercing 73. Facial Tattoos 74. Female Genital Mutilation 75. Finger Nails 76. Flash 77. Flesh Coils 78. Flesh Tunnels 79. Foot Binding 80. Foucault, Michel 81. Fraternities 82. Freak Shows 83. Freaks 84. Gang members 85. Gauntlet 86. Genetic Engineering 87. Genital Mutilation 88. Genital Piercing 89. Genital Tattooing 90. Gender 91. Great Omi, The 92. Greco-Roman World 93. Hair Cutting and Head Shaving 94. Hair Styles 95. Hair Treatments 96. Hand Piercing 97. Hardy, Don Ed 98. Hawaii 99. Haworth, Steve 100. Head Binding 101. Health Issues 102. Henna 103. Hijras 104. Implants 105. India 106. Infibulation 107. Intersexuality 108. Inuit 109. Islam 110. Ivory Coast 111. Japan 112. Jewelry 113. Judaism 114. Labrets 115. Lazonga, Vyvyn 116. Legislation & Regulation 117. Lip Plates 118. Magic 119. Makeup 120. Maori 121. Marquesas 122. Marshall Islands 123. Medical Tattooing 124. Meso-America 125. Military Tattoos 126. Modern Primitives 127. Modern Primitives 128. Moko 129. Musfar, Fakir 130. National Tattoo Association 131. Native Americans 132. Navel Piercing 133. Neo-Paganism 134. New Guinea 135. New Zealand 136. Nigeria 137. Nipple Piercing 138. Nose Piercing 139. Obesity 140. Oral Piercing 141. Orchiectomy 142. Pacific Northwest Indians 143. Pain 144. Papua New Guinea 145. Pea 146. Penis Piercing 147. Permanent Makeup 148. PFIQ 149. Philippines 150. Piercing 151. Plastic Surgery 152. Pocketing & Stapling 153. Primitivism 154. Prison Tattooing 155. Punk 156. Rites of Passage 157. Roman 158. Russia 159. Samoa 160. Scalpelling 161. Scarification 162. Self-Mortification 163. Self-Mutilation 164. Sex Reassignment Surgery 165. Sideshow 166. Silicone Injections 167. Skin Whitening 168. Slavery 169. Spanner Case 170. Sprague, Eric 171. Stalking Cat 172. Stigmata 173. Stretching 174. Sudan 175. Super/Sub-incision 176. Surface Piercing 177. Suspensions 178. Tahiti 179. Tanning 180. Tattoo Community 181. Tattoo Magazines 182. Tattoo Reality Shows 183. Tattoo Removal 184. Tattoo Shows 185. Tattoo Technology 186. Tattooed Attractions 187. Tattooed Natives 188. Tattooing 189. Tattootime 190. Thailand 191. Tightlacing 192. Tonga 193. Tongue Splitting 194. Torture 195. Transgender 196. Transsexuals 197. Transvestites 198. Trepanation 199. Tribalism 200. Tuttle, Lyle 201. Wagner, Charlie 202. Ward, Jim 203. Wildenstein, Jocelyn 204. Yakuza 205. Zaire 206. Zeis, Milton 207. Zulueta, Leo Topical List of Entries The Encyclopedia Resource Guide Bibliography About the Author Index
Margo DeMello lectures at Central New Mexico Community College, teaching sociology, cultural studies, and anthropology. Her books include Bodies of Inscription: A Cultural History of the Modern Tattoo Community (2000) and she has contributed essays to the Encyclopedia of Human-Animal Relationships (Greenwood, 2007) and Cultural Anthropology: The Human Challenge (2004).
In this guide, cultural anthropologist Margo DeMello explores the
worlds of body adornment and modification. Her survey includes the
ornamentation practices of dozens of historic, native and modern
cultures, from ancient Greece, Rome and India to Russia, Sudan and
new Guinea. Over forty types of body adornmdent and modification
are described and explained. Coverage includes ear shaping, foot
binding and scarification. Bodybuilding, fingernail treatments and
tanning are presented as types of noninvasive adornment….Intended
as an introduction for the general reader, this guide will serve
both academic and public libraries.
*Lawrence Looks at Books*
[A]s an overview of a wide range of body modification practices
throughout the world and time periods, this encyclopedia can be a
quick starting point. Recommended for public libraries and
undergraduate collections.
*College & Research Libraries*
Presented by the author as the first of its kind to take a
comprehesive look at body modifications and body adornment around
the world throughout history, this volume is indeed a
well-researched, compact reference work, encompassing 207
informative entries, accompanied by 64 black-and-white and color
illustrations, an extensive bibliography, a general index, plus
resource organization, magazines, and web sites….Written by a
well-known and prolific author specializing in cultural
anthropology, this volume is recommended to reference collections
at large for the benefit of laymen, students, teachers, and
scholars alike.
*MultiCultural Review*
Body modification is a hot topic with social scientists and
mainstream culture. While there are numerous report-style resources
and celebrity tattoo books, none till this reference have covered
the breadth and scope of the field as only a true encyclopedia
can….The depth of topics covered will enthrall the casual reader
and provide researchers with a tremendous amount of
information.
*VOYA*
Tattooing and piercing may be the first things that come to mind
when one thinks of body adornment, but this encyclopedia has a much
wider scope, covering all major body modifications and their place
is society and culture.
*Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin*
With over 200 entries, this encyclopedia provides a sophisticated
and in-depth analysis of the phenomenon of piercing, painting,
tattooing, and all manner of body modification. The author's
anthropological approach appeals to both the casual reader and the
serious researcher. The photo and illustration quality bring this
visual topic to life.
*American Libraries*
While for many, body adornment and modification brings to mind the
pierced and tattooed factions of contemporary youth, the 207
subjects in DeMello's (cultural anthropology, U. of California at
Davis) alphabetically-arranged encyclopedia also include animal and
human branding, sexual reassignment surgery, makeup, and P.T.
Barnum. Additionally, the body adornment practices of major
cultural and ethnic groups are discussed, as are individuals key to
the popularization and understanding of body modification in the
West among them Barnum, whose inked freaks brought tattooing to a
wider audience. Entries are crossed referenced.
*Reference & Research Book News*
Cultural anthropologist Margo DeMello has written the Encyclopedia
of Body Adornment to create a context for the many types of body
modification and adornment found both in societies throughout
history and in various subcultures in the modern world. She
skillfully describes practices rooted in tradition as well as
contemporary variations on ancient customs. . . . entries on both
countries and societies of origin as well as innovators,
popularizers, and contemporary groups do a good job of connecting
old and new without overly privileging the new. A resource guide,
thorough bibliography, and detailed index make the book a good
research tool. There are a few tasteful black-and-white
illustrations, plus a section of color plates. Each entry includes
both specific references and cross-references to other entries.
There was certainly potential to make this volume exploitative and
provocative, but a professional, matter-of-fact tone makes it a
good guide to both social and cultural research into the impulse
behind some of today's radical makeover reality shows and
fascination with extremes of behavior and body.
*ARBA*
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