Isbn: 9780930741129 - Nightsong – Performance, Power, & Practice in South Africa (paper): Artistic Transformations of the Human Body (20 results)

Paperback. Condition: Fair. Third printing. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

Condition: very_good. Gently read. May have name of previous ownership, or ex-library edition. Binding tight; spine straight and smooth, with no creasing; covers clean and crisp. Minimal signs of handling or shelving. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships USPS Media Mail.…

Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

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SOFTCOVER. Condition: Very Good. 1st thus. Quarto softcover, 275pp, b/w ills. Tight binding, clean throughout, clean and colorful wraps with light wear to the corners and edges, Very Good.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Cultural study of body art. Third printing, 1995. 8.5x11-inch softcover of 279 pages with pictorial cover and many illustrations, both color and black & white. Based on the symposium 'Art of the Body' held at UCLA. Condition is VG+. Front cover has a light scratch, corners are slightly rubbed, and there is minor wear on the bottom edge. Covers are straight, spine is uncreased, and binding is tight. Pages, text block edges, and covers are clean and unmarked. Images shown are of actual item. Free shipping within the US.…

Softcover. Condition: Very good. Very good condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 3rd Edition. softcover, fine, clean, unmarked pages/text, good binding, covers clean, fast shipping.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Trade PB. 4to. Published by Museum of Cultural History, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA. 1988. 280 pgs. Illustrated. Wrappers lightly worn with some light shelf-wear to the extremities present. Book is free of ownership marks. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Body piercing, scarification, tattooingfor thousands of years decorative alteration of the human body has been invested with profound cultural and social meaning. This remarkable collection of essays, photographs, and drawings focuses on the many and diverse ways that human beings have permanently decorated their bodies. Marks of Civilization grew out of a symposium entitled "Art of the Body" held at the University of California, Los Angeles in the early 1980s. Contributors encompass the fields of anthropology, sociology, art history, archaeology, and folklore. The geographical and historical perspectives are from Europe and Euro- America, Sub-Saharan Africa, and the Pacific Basin (Asia, Oceania, and Native America). The book's text and photographs acknowledge body art as a meaningful part of human behavior. What dominates throughout is the recognition of artistic potency, mysterious or commonplace, that is a part of marking the body.; 8.5 X 1 X 11 inches; 280 pages.…

Condition: Gebraucht - Gut. 1988 - Rubin - TB - h4.

Large Soft Cover. Condition: Fine. First Edition, Third Printing.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Unread, almost pristine. Raised bookstamp of original owner's personal library.

Paperback. Photo-illustrated wraps with white lettering; 279 pp.; richly illustrated. "Based on a symposium entitled 'Art of the Body, ' held at UCLA between 28 and 30 January 1983" -- Acknowledgements. VG (Wraps are mildly edgeworn, scuffed and smudged; textblock edges are foxed; interior is clean; binding is solid.). …

paperback. Condition: As New.

Condition: Very Good.

279 pages, colour and black and white illustrations throughout. Wrappers ISBN: 0930741129.

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paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Very Good .Ships From Multiple Locations. book.

Softcover. Condition: gut. 1988. Marks of Civilization: Artistic Transformations of the Human Body In englischer Sprache. pages.