Contract with the Skin: Masochism, Performance Art, and the 1970s

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Places masochistic performance within a social and historical context.

Having yourself shot. Putting out fires with your bare hands and feet. Biting your own body and photographing the marks. Sewing your own mouth shut. These seemingly aberrant acts were committed by performance artists during the 1970s. Why would anyone do these things? What do these kinds of masochistic performances tell us about the social and historical...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0816628874

ISBN13:9780816628872

Release Date:May 1998

Publisher:University of Minnesota Press

Length:144 Pages

Weight:0.65 lbs.

Dimensions:0.4" x 7.0" x 10.0"

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Art Arts, Music & Photography

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Contract with the Skin: Masochism, Performance Art, and the 1970s

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