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Body Decoration

Body Decoration is a method within the academic study of Festival Costuming that involves the embellishment of the human body through non-apparel elements such as paint, tattoos, beads, or prosthetics to express cultural, aesthetic, or performative identities.

27

Publications

1.9K

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63

Authors

35

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

2

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Publications

27

DuoSkin

Hsin-Liu Kao, Christian Holz, Asta Roseway et al. · 2016 · 236 citations

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Anchoring the (Postmodern) Self? Body Modification, Fashion and Identity

Paul Sweetman · Body & Society · 1999 · 211 citations

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The social skin

Terence Turner · Hau Journal of Ethnographic Theory · 2012 · 164 citations

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Beads for a Plastic Mind: the ‘Blind Man's Stick’ (BMS) Hypothesis and the Active Nature of Material Culture

Lambros Malafouris · Cambridge Archaeological Journal · 2008 · 146 citations

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Decolonial voices: Chicana and Chicano cultural studies in the 21st Century

Choice Reviews Online · 2002 · 144 citations

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Authors

63

  1. HK
    Hsin-Liu Kao

    Cornell University, United States

    3 publications · 341 citations

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  2. AR
    Asta Roseway

    Microsoft (United States), United States

    2 publications · 256 citations

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  3. AR
    Arnold Rubin

    2 publications · 117 citations

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  4. CS
    Chris Schmandt

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States

    2 publications · 321 citations

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  5. AB
    Andrew B. Smith

    Natural History Museum, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 11 citations

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Institutions

35

  1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    445 citations

  2. Leiden University

    Leiden, The Netherlands

    1 h-index

    4 publications

    416 citations

  3. Museum of London Archaeology

    London, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    67 citations

  4. Australian National University

    Canberra, Australia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    105 citations

  5. Hospital Universitario de Getafe

    Getafe, Spain

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    17 citations

  6. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    201 citations

  7. Bournemouth University

    Poole, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    32 citations

  8. University of Cape Town

    Rondebosch, South Africa

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    11 citations

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Venues

  1. Communicable Diseases Intelligence

    1 publications · 105 citations

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  2. HOMO

    1 publications · 12 citations

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  3. Journal of Australian Studies

    JAS · 1 publications · 20 citations

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  4. Body & Society

    1 publications · 211 citations

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  5. The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology

    1 publications · 11 citations

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