Written on the Body - The Tattoo in European and American History

Informationen zum Autor Jane Caplan is Marjorie Walter Goodhart Professor of European History at Bryn Mawr College, Pennsylvania. Klappentext Groundbreaking collection of essays covering the history of the tattoo in Europe and North America from antiquity to the present day. Zusammenfassung Written on the Body surveys the history of the tattoo in Europe and North America from Antiquity to the present. While the subject of tattooing has previously been approached from the viewpoints of anthropology! sociology and cultural studies! this book sets the practice into a historical perspective.

Product details

• Authors: Jane Caplan
• Assisted by: Jane Caplan (Editor), Caplan Jane (Editor)
• Publisher: Reaktion Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.03.2000
• EAN: 9781861890627
• ISBN: 978-1-86189-062-7
• No. of pages: 344
• Series: Critical Views; Critical Views
• Subjects: Guides > Health > Beauty/cosmetics; Humanities, art, music > Art > Interior design, design; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Sociology, History: specific events & topics, Europe, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, HISTORY / General, North America, Sociology: customs & traditions, ART / European, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Customs & Traditions, ART / Body Art & Tattooing, History: specific events and topics, North America (USA and Canada), Cultural studies: customs and traditions, Body art & tattooing, Body art and tattoos