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Tattoo : bodies, art, and exchange in the Pacific and the West
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- ISBN: 186189225X
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Physical Description:
252 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
print - Publisher: London : Reaktion Books, 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: | Body, Human -- Social aspects Tattooing -- Oceania -- History Body, Human -- Symbolic aspects Human body -- Symbolic aspects Tribal tattoos Tattooing -- History Human body -- Social aspects |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Vancouver Island University Library.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Holdable? | Status | Due Date | Courses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VIU Library - Nanaimo Campus | GN 419.3 T37 2005 (Text) | M011216816 | STACKS | Volume hold | Available | - |
