Tattoo Histories Transcultural Perspectives On The Narratives Practices And Representations Of Tattooing | History

Tattoo Histories is an edited volume which analyses and discusses the relevance of tattooing in the socio-cultural construction of bodies boundaries and identities among both individuals and groups. Its interdisciplinary approach facilitates historical as well as contemporary perspectives. Rather than presenting a universal essentialized history of tattooing the volume’s objective is to focus on the entangled and transcultural histories narratives and practices related to tattoos. Contributions stem from various fields including Archaeology Art History Classics History Linguistics Media and Literary Studies Social and Cultural Anthropology and Sociology. They advance the current endeavour on the part of tattoo scholars to challenge Eurocentric and North American biases prevalent in much of tattoo research by including various analyses based in locations such as Malaysia Israel East Africa and India. The thematic focus is on the transformative capacity of tattoos and tattooing with regard to the social construction of bodies and subjectivity; the (re-)creation of social relationships through the definition of (non-)tattooed others; the formation and consolidation of group identities traditions and authenticity; and the conceptualization of art and its relevance to tattoo artist–tattooee relations. |Tattoo Histories Transcultural Perspectives on the Narratives Practices and Representations of Tattooing | History