
About this book
Throughout history, mankind has adorned and customized the body. Over 100 photographs by "Erotic Oscar" winner Housk Randall touch all the bases--body shaping and painting, tattooing, scarification, piercing, and masks--in graphic and dramatic style, while the text by social antropologist Ted Polhemus explores the origins and development of these phenomena. 104 photos.
Subjects
Fetishism (Sexual behavior)Erotic aspects of Clothing and dressPersonal BeautyClothing and dressErotic aspectsBeauty, PersonalBody markingPhotography of the nudeTattooingBody artPhotographyBody piercingSelf-mutilation