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Suggested Reading For Teachers

    - Groning, Karl, ed. Body Decoration: A World Survey of Body Art. New York: The Vendome Press, 1998.

    - Robinson, Julian. The Quest for Human Beauty: An Illustrated History. New York: W. W. Norton & Co., 1998.

    - Rubin, Arnold, ed. Marks of Civilization. Los Angeles: Museum of Cultural History, University of California, 1988. (highly recommended)

Suggested Reading For High School Students

    - Camphausen, Rufus C. Return of the Tribal: Piercing, Tattooing, Body Painting, Scarification. Rochester, Vt.: Park Street Press, 1997.

    - "Global Culture." National Geographic Magazine, vol. 196, no. 2, August 1999.

Suggested Reading For All Ages

    - "Decorating the Body." Faces: The Magazine About People, vol. 5, no. 2, November 1998. Peterborough, N. H.: Cobblestone Publishing.

    - English, Karen. Nadia's Hands. Honesdale, Pa.: Boyds Mills Press, 1999. "Ornaments," Faces: The Magazine About People, vol. 12, no. 4, December 1995. Peterborough, N. H.: Bobblestone Publishing.

    - Polhemus, Ted. Body Art: The Total Guide to Body Decoration. Boston: Element Children's Books, 1998.

    - Power, Vicki. Vanity: A Very Peculiar History. New York: Franklin Watts, 1995.

Amazonian painted boy
Amazonian boy in body paint
photo credit: Dennis Werner


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