NA NA & Kenneth A. Loparo 
Body Piercing and Identity Construction 
A Comparative Perspective — New York, New Orleans, Wroc?aw

Based on a fifteen year longitudinal cross-cultural analysis on the role of the body in identity construction process around the world, this analysis provides readers with a comparative theoretical exploration of piercing and other forms of body modification that international communities of defiance use to express their identity.

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Nonverbal Communication Verbal Communication Discursive Networks Ideological Apparatus Economic Contestation Digital Contestation Biker Contestation Sexual Sabotage Political Sabotage Aesthetic Sabotage Organic Sabotage

Over de auteur

LISA A. ROMANIENKO is Adjunct Instructor at the University of Economics Management in Wroclaw, Poland.