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Tattoo : bodies, art, and exchange in the Pacific and the West / edited by Nicholas Thomas, Anna Cole, and Bronwen Douglas.
Record details
- ISBN: 0822335506 (cloth : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 9780822335504 (cloth : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 082233562X (pbk. : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 9780822335627 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 186189225X (pbk.)
- ISBN: 9781861892256 (pbk.)
- Physical Description: 252 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
- Publisher: Durham : Duke University Press, 2005.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references p. (227-242) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction / Nicholas Thomas -- Cureous figures : European voyagers and tatau/tattoo in Polynesia, 1595-1800 / Bronwen Douglas -- Speckled bodies : Russian voyagers and nuku hivans / Elena Govor -- Marks of transgression : the tattooing of Europeans in the Pacific Islands / Joanna White -- Christian skins : tatau and the evangelisation of the Society Islands and Samoa / Anne D'Alleva -- Governing tattoo : reflections on a colonial trial / Anna Cole -- The temptation of Brother Anthony : decolonization and the tattooing of Tony Fomison / Peter Brunt -- Samoan tatau as global practice / Sean Mallon -- Multiple skins : space, time, and tattooing in Tahiti / Makiko Kuwahara -- Wearing moko : Maori facial marking in today's world / Linda Waimarie Nikora, Mohi Rua & Ngahuia Te Awekotuku -- Beyond the modern primitive / Cyril Siorat -- Epilogue. |
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| Subject: | Tattooing > History. Tattooing > Oceania > History. Tribal tattoos. Body, Human > Social aspects. Body, Human > Symbolic aspects. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kirtland Community College Library | GN 419.3 .T37 2005 | 30535981 | General Collection | Available | - |
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Author Notes
Tattoo : Bodies, Art, and Exchange in the Pacific and the West
Nicholas Thomas is Professor of Anthropology at Goldsmiths College, University of London. His books include Cook: The Extraordinary Voyages of Captain James Cook and In Oceania: Visions, Artifacts, Histories , published by Duke University Press. In 2002, he co-curated "Skin Deep: The History of Tattooing" at the National Maritime Museum in London. Anna Cole is the Research Coordinator of the "Tatau/Tattoo: Embodied Art and Cultural Exchange" project based at Goldsmiths College. Bronwen Douglas is a Senior Fellow in the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies at the Australian National University. She is the author of Across the Great Divide: Journeys in History and Anthropology .
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