Body marking
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Scope of this subject
Here are entered works on marking the body (e.g., by branding, cutting, tattooing, cutting, or piercing) as a cultural practice or expression of creativity or identity.
Scope note supplied by the Library of Congress authority record.
Names and connections
Body modification, Non-therapeutic (Body marking); Marking, Body; Non-therapeutic body modification (Body marking)
- Broader: Beauty, Personal
- Broader: Manners and customs
- Narrower: Body painting
- Narrower: Body piercing
- Narrower: Circumcision
- Narrower: Female genital mutilation
- Narrower: Scarification (Body marking)
- Narrower: Tattooing
- Narrower: Teeth--Marking
Up to 40 narrower headings are shown. Full Library of Congress authority record
Local answer status
No owner-reviewed answer has been published for this exact subject page. This is a gap in this collection; it does not establish that the answer is unavailable elsewhere.
Numeric address and provenance
Morton address: 864836265135194692 · morton4x16-v1
Coordinates: (0, 20, 17643, 18432). The address interleaves categorical identifier bits. Nearby addresses are not guaranteed to describe semantically similar subjects.
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