Lodder, M (2011) The Myth of the Modern Primitive. European Journal of American Culture, 30 (2). pp. 99-111. DOI https://doi.org/10.1386/ejac.30.2.99_1
Lodder, M (2011) The Myth of the Modern Primitive. European Journal of American Culture, 30 (2). pp. 99-111. DOI https://doi.org/10.1386/ejac.30.2.99_1
Lodder, M (2011) The Myth of the Modern Primitive. European Journal of American Culture, 30 (2). pp. 99-111. DOI https://doi.org/10.1386/ejac.30.2.99_1
Abstract
RE/Search Publications? Modern Primitives (Vale and Juno 1989) changed countless lives, bringing what had been a localized and niche set of body modification practices, aesthetics and philosophies out of San Francisco to a global audience, dominating scholarly and popular discourse around body modification subculture for more than a decade afterwards. The voice of Fakir Musafar dominates the book. This article argues that modern primitives as Musafar defines them never really existed (and never could have existed) in the terms he suggests, and goes on to address an important sub-strand within Modern Primitives almost entirely ignored by critics and commentators, who have read the book as generally representative of the body modification culture as a whole. With specific reference to contributors such as infamous tattoo artist Don Ed Hardy who do not frame their practice in ?primitive? terms, the article concludes with a study of an alternative account presented by Vale and Juno?s book: body modification as artistic practice.
Item Type: | Article |
---|---|
Uncontrolled Keywords: | Fakir Musafar; Don Ed Hardy; body modification; body art; modern primitives; tattoos |
Subjects: | F History United States, Canada, Latin America > F001 United States local history G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GT Manners and customs N Fine Arts > N Visual arts (General) For photography, see TR N Fine Arts > NK Decorative arts Applied arts Decoration and ornament N Fine Arts > NX Arts in general |
Divisions: | Faculty of Humanities Faculty of Humanities > Philosophy and Art History, School of |
SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Date Deposited: | 15 Oct 2013 09:24 |
Last Modified: | 15 Jan 2022 01:07 |
URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/8158 |
Available files
Filename: M Lodder - Myths of Modern Primitivism EJAC_30.2.pdf