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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460585603321

Autore

Botz-Bornstein Thorsten

Titolo

Veils, nudity, and tattoos : the new feminine aesthetic / / Thorsten Botz-Bornstein

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham : , : Lexington Books, , [2015]

©2015

ISBN

1-4985-0047-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (214 p.)

Disciplina

391.6/5

Soggetti

Body marking

Tattooing

Veils

Body image

Human body - Social aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Veils and sunglasses -- Veiling and third wave feminism : playing with fire -- Can the veil be cool? -- Respect and shame : Sarah Kofman on veiling -- Cool space : segregation and veiling -- Tattoos, nudity, veils -- From the stigmatized tattoo to the graffitied body : femininity in the tattoo renaissance -- Nudity and tattoos from naturism to suicide girls -- Veils and viagra : a double victory?.

Sommario/riassunto

Veils, Nudity, and Tattoos: The New Feminine Aesthetics inaugurates a new approach toward the history and usage of nudity, veiling, and tattoos. By taking an unorthodox approach towards three phenomena that have changed considerably during the past thirty years, this book reveals through conceptual analysis that the three are both private and public, humiliating and empowering, and backward and progressive, and can ultimately be traced by similar social and psychological patterns.