Under the skin: tattoos, scalps, and the contested language of bodies in early America

"Studying the tattoos and scalping scars on early American bodies makes visible a world of signs: stories of alliance, alienation, conflict, and commodification. Body modifications in early America have often been dismissed as curiosities, yet the widely circulated stories and images of marked...

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1. Verfasser: Odle, Mairin (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania Press [2023]
Schriftenreihe:Early American studies
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Zusammenfassung:"Studying the tattoos and scalping scars on early American bodies makes visible a world of signs: stories of alliance, alienation, conflict, and commodification. Body modifications in early America have often been dismissed as curiosities, yet the widely circulated stories and images of marked individuals-as this book demonstrates-were key to understanding the hopes and fears driving cultural boundary crossing in early America"--
Beschreibung:Includes index
Beschreibung:168 Seiten Illustrationen
ISBN:9781512823165