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Suspend your beliefs /

Suspension of the living body from hooks has been practised in various cultural contexts and places in the past, but today forms part of a growing global interest in body modification. This film joins a group of contemporary British practitioners at a week-end meeting in Norfolk, examining what the...

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Bibliographic Details
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: Brighton, England : University of Manchester, Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology, 2004.
Series:Academic Video Online
Subjects:
Body art.
Body piercing.
Art corporel.
Percement (Marques corporelles)
Body art
Body piercing
documentary film.
Feature films
Documentary films
Short films
Documentary films.
Short films.
Feature films.
Documentaires.
Courts métrages.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:Suspension of the living body from hooks has been practised in various cultural contexts and places in the past, but today forms part of a growing global interest in body modification. This film joins a group of contemporary British practitioners at a week-end meeting in Norfolk, examining what the experience of suspension means to them, and particularly its role in their understanding of the relationship between their selves, their bodies and the world.
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed November 16, 2016).
Physical Description:1 online resource (28 min.)
Playing Time:00:28:21