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Tattoo Histories: Transcultural Perspectives on the Narratives, Practices, and Representations of Tattooing book cover

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Tattoo Histories Transcultural Perspectives on the Narratives, Practices, and Representations of Tattooing

Edited By Sinah Theres Kloß Copyright 2020
336 Pages 41 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

336 Pages 41 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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Tattoo Histories is an edited volume which analyses and discusses the relevance of tattooing in the socio-cultural construction of bodies, boundaries, and identities, among both individuals and groups. Its interdisciplinary approach facilitates historical as well as contemporary perspectives. Rather than presenting a universal, essentialized history of tattooing, the volume’s objective is to... Read more

Introduction

1. Indelible Ink: An Introduction to the Histories, Narratives, and Practices of Tattooing

Sinah Theres Kloß

Part I: Tattoos as Individual or Communal Body Projects

2. "I Just Want It to Look Pretty": Reproducing Heteronormative Gender Roles through Tattoo Reality TV: Miami Ink

Verena Hutter

3. Identity, Gender Roles, and Tattooing among Italian Lesbian Women

Alessandra Castellani

4. Mi Familia: Latina Women in the US Negotiate Identity and Social Sanctions through Tattooing

Beverly Yuen Thompson

Part II: Tattoos and Othering

5. "If Skin Were Parchment": Tattoos in Antiquity

Martin T. Dinter and Astrid Khoo

6. Marking France’s Enemies: Masculinity, Sexuality, and the Tattoo in Revolutionary France

Victoria N. Meyer

7. "So Much Magic on Your Flesh": The Ma(r)king of Selves in the TV Series Salem

Stephanie Weber

8. The True Life and Adventures of Tattooed Performers: Tattoos, Captivity Narratives, and the Savage in Literature

Amelia Klem Osterud

Part III: (De-)Colonization, Revitalization, and Cultural Appropriation

9. Indigenous (Re)inscription: Transmission of Cultural Knowledge(s) through Tattoos as Resistance

Pauline Alvarez

10. The Custom of Marking the Body among the Santals of India

Ata Mallick

11. Sacred Skin: Tattooing, Memory, and Identity among the Naga of India

Lars Krutak

12. Chinese Characters on Foreign Bodies: Chinese Character Tattoos and Cultural Appropriation

Guy Almog

13. Skinscape Souvenirs and Globalized Bodies: Tattoo Tourism and Language in East Africa

Nico Nassenstein and Maren Rüsch

Part IV: Tattoo as Embodied Art

14. Shame Laid Bare: Damien Hirst’s Tattoo Work butterfly, divided

Ole Wittmann

15. Incompatible Inking Ideologies in the Ancient Greek World

Owen Rees

16. Negotiating a Personal Experience: Identity Affirmation of the Horimono Artist

Hannah M. Y. Ho

Biography

Sinah Theres Kloß is a research associate at the Morphomata Center for Advanced Studies, University of Cologne, Germany.

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