Wrapping in images: tattooing in polynesia
Auteur :
Gell
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press
ISBN :
9780198280903
Date de publication :
28 mars 1996
Dimensions :
23,4 x 15,6 x 2,1 cm
Poids :
548 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Wrapping in Images is a comparative analysis of tattooing in Polynesia in its original setting. It shows how tattooing played a key role in the social construction of the person in the main Polynesian societies, and provides a new perspective on Polynesian comparative sociology.