Body Art

Body Art explores the many different ways, both temporary and permanent, in which people modify, change, decorate and adorn their bodies.

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Who does it, how do they do it and why do they do it? Themes covered include: universality, diversity and antiquity of styles; concepts of beauty; identity and transformation; meaning and significance of symbols; and pain, endurance and rites of passage.

Earrings, nose-rings, prince alberts, dydos, palangs, bangles, bracelets, rings, tattoos, makeup, body and face-paint, studs, nose-pins, nostrums, blood, hair, ochre, gold, silver, lip-plates, ear-weights, branding, scarring, tucking, sucking, squeezing, shaping: across all sections of society and across cultures people decorate and transform their bodies.


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2 comments

Ondine Evans - 9.06 AM, 24 June 2009
Thankyou for your comment. It is a valuable addition to this particular page and will alert other site users to these important issues surrounding body art practices.
kwalker@hepatitisc.org.au - 3.06 PM, 19 June 2009
I think the Body Art website is very interesting and well put together; however I'm concerned that there is no mention of safety precautions in respect to tattooing, body piercing and scarring. There are a number of serious blood borne viruses (BBV) that can be contracted through unsafe practices in the above mentioned forms of body art. Given this would be worthwhile to include information or a link to information on what and how BBV's can be contracted and appropriate methods of eliminating risks in performing body art. There are various health websites, ACON, Hepatitis C NSW and Hepatitis Australia to name a few...

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