Format:
1 Online-Ressource (x, 275 pages)
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illustrations
Edition:
Online-Ausg. [S.l.] HathiTrust Digital Library Electronic reproduction
ISBN:
0231143699
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0231513100
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0231143680
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9780231143691
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9780231513104
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9780231143684
Content:
In the 1830s an Irishman named James F. O'Connell acquired a full-body tattoo while living as a castaway in the Pacific. The tattoo featured traditional patterns that, to native Pohnpeians, defined O'Connell's life; they made him wholly human. Yet upon traveling to New York, these markings singled him out as a freak. His tattoos frightened women and children, and ministers warned their congregations that viewing O'Connell's markings would cause the ink to transfer to the skin of their unborn children. In many ways, O'Connell's story exemplifies the unique history of the modern tattoo, whi
Content:
Introduction : Living scripts, texts, strategies -- Tatau and malu : vital signs in contemporary Samoan literature -- "The original Queequeg"? Te Pehi Kupe, Toi Moko, and Moby-Dick -- Another aesthetic : beauty and morality in facial tattoo -- Marked ethics : erasing and restoring the tattoo -- Locating the sign : visible culture -- Transfer of desire : engendering sexuality -- Epilogue : The question of belonging
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-259) and index
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDL
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Electronic reproduction
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Ellis, Juniper Tattooing the world New York : Columbia University Press, ©2008
Language:
English
