Beschreibung:
Margo DeMello
"The histories of tattoo traditions presented in this book are fascinating and rich. DeMello has many insights into tattoos' complexity of meaning, brought out in precise ethnographic and historical fashion."--Kathleen Stewart, author of "A Space on the Side of the Road: Cultural Poetics in an "Other" America"
PrefaceAcknowledgments1. Finding Community>2. Cultural Roots>3. Appropriation and Transformation>4. Discourse and Differentiation>5. The Creation of Meaning I>6. The Creation of Meaning II>Conclusion: The Future of a MovementNotesBibliographyIndex