Written on the body the tattoo in European and American history
Written on the body: the tattoo in European and American history

Despite the social sciences' growing fascination with tattooing--and the immense popularity of tattoos themselves--the practice has not left much of a historical record. And, until very recently, there was no good context for writing a serious history of tattooing in the West. This collection e...

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Weitere Verfasser: Caplan, Jane 1945- (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: [Princeton, New Jersey] Princeton University Press [2022]
Schlagworte:
HISTORY / World
Tätowierung
Geschichte
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Zusammenfassung:Despite the social sciences' growing fascination with tattooing--and the immense popularity of tattoos themselves--the practice has not left much of a historical record. And, until very recently, there was no good context for writing a serious history of tattooing in the West. This collection exposes, for the first time, the richness of the tattoo's European and American history from antiquity to the present day. In the process, it rescues tattoos from their stereotypical and sensationalized association with criminality. The tattoo has long hovered in a space between the cosmetic and the punitive. Throughout its history, the status of the tattoo has been complicated by its dual association with slavery and penal practices on the one hand and exotic or forbidden sexuality on the other. The tattoo appears often as an involuntary stigma, sometimes as a self-imposed marker of identity, and occasionally as a beautiful corporal decoration.
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (XXIII, 318 Seiten) Illustrationen
ISBN:9780691238258
DOI:10.1515/9780691238258

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