Tattooing the world : pacific designs in print & skin /

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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 mar...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Ellis, Juniper
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, ©2008.
Subjects:
Tattooing > Social aspects.
Identity (Psychology)
Ethnicity.
Tatouage > Aspect social.
Identité (Psychologie)
Ethnicité.
ethnicity.
ART > Body Art & Tattooing.
Tā moko.
Tikanga.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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