Under the Skin : Tattoos, Scalps, and the Contested Language of Bodies in Early America /

Under the Skin investigates the role of cross-cultural body modification in seventeenth-century and eighteenth-century North America, revealing that the practices of tattooing and scalping were crucial to interactions between Natives and newcomers. These permanent and painful marks could act as sign...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Odle, Mairin (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2023]
Colección:Early American studies.
Temas:
To 1799
Tattooing > United States > History > 18th century.
Scalping > United States > History > 18th century.
Tattooing > Social aspects > United States > History > 18th century.
Scalping > Social aspects > United States > History > 18th century.
Indians of North America > Social life and customs.
Civilization.
Scalping.
Tattooing.
Tattooing > Social aspects.
United States > Civilization > To 1783.
United States.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Under the Skin investigates the role of cross-cultural body modification in seventeenth-century and eighteenth-century North America, revealing that the practices of tattooing and scalping were crucial to interactions between Natives and newcomers. These permanent and painful marks could act as signs of alliance or signs of conflict, producing a complex bodily archive of cross-cultural entanglement.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (177 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:1512823171
9781512823172

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