body modification

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• - Erik Sprague is a sideshow artist who shares his experiences and philosophies behind his body modifications. Features an events list as well as contact and booking information.
  
• - Article by Gemma Tarlach asking if body modification is trend or cultural phemonenon. [Milwaukee Journal Sentinal]
  
• - A recovering addict tells his story about his first tattoo and the process of reconciling that decision with The Bible.
  
• - Information on the annual conference on body modification and images from past events.
  
• - A research paper by Mecca Shakoor, a student at U.C. Berkeley. Outlines the history and relates it to two movements: Punk and Urban Primitive.
  
• - Clinical torture, body modification, needle art and bondage.
  
• - Essay by Sander Thomas expaining his view on some of the meanings and reasons for certain body adornments.
  
• - BME/World provides free home pages and e-mail to people with body modification interests. This page also provides a list of those personal home pages.
  
• - An academic-style research paper on the sociologial bases for recent interest in body modification. Contains references. By Susan Holtham.
  
• - From the Body Modification E-zine - individuals share their experiences of their chosen modification and the internal processes leading up to the event.
  
• - Private ritual and public performance flesh hook suspension group based out of Phoenix, AZ.
  
• - Discusses the effects of using corsets to change the shape of the body.
  
• - Reference site pertaining to body rituals such as flesh pulls and suspensions.
  
• - Article by A.Clay Thompson concerning a change in societal views of tattoos. [Pacific News]
  
  

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