Flesh Journeys

Neo Primitives and the Contemporary Rediscovery of Radical Body Modification

Datos Bibliográficos

ID8047738
AutoresKevin Atkinson (University of Calgary, autor de correspondencia), Kevin Young Michael Atkinson (a University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada)
Año2001
Volumen22
Número2
Páginas117-146
Fecha de publicación2001-03-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaDeviant Behavior (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0163-9625 • E-ISSN: 1521-0456
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/016396201750065018
OpenAlexW2162275372
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas31

Viewing the body as both an evocative social text and a vehicle of social resistance, this article explores recent developments within the Neo Primitive (NP) movement. As a segmented branch of the larger body modification cultural scene, Neo Primitives have created individuals have created a renaissance of deeply flamboyant and often radical body marking practices. Members stress the spiritual, emotional, and practical rewards of body modification for those entrenched within (and ultimately oppressed by) hegemonic boundaries of physical expression in the modern metropolis, especially as those boundaries relate to codes of beauty, gender, sexuality, spirituality, and personal creativity. Building on qualitative data gathered in two Canadian cities, and viewing members of this subculture as active agents of counter-expression and dissent, this article explores the ideologies, practices, and lived experiences of NPs attempting to recreate, reclaim, and revolutionize the flesh

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