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

ISBN-13: 9780367333256 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 322 str.

Sinah Theres Klo

Opis

Tattoo Histories discusses the relevance of tattooing in the socio-cultural construction of bodies, boundaries, and identities. Its interdisciplinary approach facilitates historical and contemporary perspectives on the transcultural histories, narratives, and practices related to tattoos.

Spis treści

Introduction  1. Indelible Ink: An Introduction to the Histories, Narratives, and Practices of Tattooing  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  3. Identity, Gender Roles, and Tattooing among Italian Lesbian Women  4. Mi Familia: Latina Women in the US Negotiate Identity and Social Sanctions Through Tattooing  Part II: Tattoos and Othering  5. "If Skin Were Parchment": Tattoos in Antiquity  6. Marking France’s Enemies: Masculinity, Sexuality, and the Tattoo in Revolutionary France  7. "So Much Magic on Your Flesh": The Ma(r)king of Selves in the TV Series Salem  8. The True Life and Adventures of Tattooed Performers: Tattoos, Captivity Narratives, and the Savage in Literature  Part III: (De-)Colonization, Revitalization, and Cultural Appropriation  9. Indigenous (Re)inscription: Transmission of Cultural Knowledge(s) through Tattoos as Resistance  10. The Custom of Marking the Body among the Santals of India  11. Sacred Skin: Tattooing, Memory, and Identity among the Naga of India  12. Chinese Characters on Foreign Bodies: Chinese Character Tattoos and Cultural Appropriation  13. Skinscape Souvenirs and Globalized Bodies: Tattoo Tourism and Language in East Africa  Part IV: Tattoo as Embodied Art  14. Shame Laid Bare: Damien Hirst’s Tattoo Work butterfly, divided  15. Incompatible Inking Ideologies in the Ancient Greek World  16. Negotiating a Personal Experience: Identity Affirmation of the Horimono Artist

O autorze

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