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by Rufus C. Camphausen


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A photographic exploration of the modern revival of piercing, tattooing, scarification, and body painting that reveals its origins in tribal culture and practices.
Since earliest times, tribal cultures around the world have used body marks and modifications to indicate membership and rank within the group, identify with spiritual totems, express sacrifice and loss, and enhance physical attraction and sexual enjoyment. Today we are witnessing a renaissance of interest in body adornment that many interpret as a return to our tribal beginnings--a way to identify who we are in an urban world that has lost its sense of community. Return of the Tribal takes a non-judgmental look at a great variety of practices of body adornment and modification--from prehistoric and aboriginal to those of modern urban tribals in cities such as London, New York, Tokyo, and Amsterdam. From the beautiful to the bizarre, the author shows the many beautiful and bizarre ways people choose to alter their appearance.

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  • Title Return of the Tribal
  • Author Rufus C. Camphausen
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition 1st Printing
  • Pages 128
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Park Street Press, Rochester, Vermont
  • Date 1997-09
  • ISBN 9780892816101 / 0892816104
  • Weight 0.9 lbs (0.41 kg)
  • Dimensions 10.02 x 8.05 x 0.32 in (25.45 x 20.45 x 0.81 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Tattooing, Body marking
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 97017043
  • Dewey Decimal Code 391.65

About the author

Rufus C. Camphausen is the author of The Yoni, The Encyclopedia of Erotic Wisdom and The Divine Library as well as numerous articles and essays on religious history, mythology, and sacred sexuality. He was first tattooed in 1974, and was first pierced in 1983. He lives in the Netherlands.
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