Tattooing the world: pacific designs in print and skin
Auteur :
Ellis, Juniper
Éditeur :
Columbia University Press
ISBN :
9780231143684
Date de publication :
3 mars 2008
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 cm
Format :
B315
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
A book on tattoo literature and culture. It traces the origins and significance of tattoo in the works of nineteenth and twentieth-century artists, travelers, missionaries, scientists, and such writers as Herman Melville, Margaret Mead, and Albert Wendt. It shows how culture has been etched on the human form and on a body of literature.