Format:
Online-Ressource (241 p)
ISBN:
9780786423897
Content:
Whether they graphically depict an individual's or a community's beliefs, express the defiance of authority, or brand marginalized groups, tattoos are a means of interpersonal communication that dates back thousands of years. Evidence of the tattoo's place in today's popular culture is all around--in advertisements, on the stereotypical outlaw character in films and television, in supermarket machines that dispense children's wash-away tattoos, and even in the production of a tattooed Barbie doll. This book explores the tattoo's role, primarily as an emblem of resistance and marginality, in re
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Description based upon print version of record
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Cover; Acknowledgments; Contents; Introduction: Tattoos as Narrative; One. Narratives of the Self: Tattoos, Desire, Memory and the Flesh; Two. Illustrating the Feminine: Women, Desire, and Resistance in Tattoo Narratives and Culture; Three. Crimes of Passion: Tattooed Bodies as a Site of Struggle; Four. Members Only: Tattoo Stories of Gangs and Inmates; Five. Scars of Imprisonment and Resistance: Marks of the Holocaust, Slavery and Colonization; Six. What's Normal? Tattoos, Dangerous Freaks, Dangerous Desires; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography and Filmography; Index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780786482535
Additional Edition:
Print version Tattoos, Desire and Violence : Marks of Resistance in Literature, Film and Television
Language:
English
Keywords:
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