Tattoos, Desire And Violence
Subtitle: Marks of Resistance in Literature, Film And Television
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Published: November 7, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780786423897
Subjects: Body art & tattooing; Popular culture; Television - History & Criticism; Sociology; Film & Video - General; Social Science; Art & Art Instruction; Tattoos, Mehndi, & Body Painting, Etc.; Tattooing on television; Tattooing in literature; Film & Video - History & Criticism; Anthropology - General; Tattooing in motion pictures
Description: "This book explores the tattoo in the context of resistance and marginality, and draws attention to the important relationship between the visual and the narrative components of tattoo culture. Tattoos are examined in relation to Holocaust victims, slaves and colonized peoples, gangs and inmates, and other societies"--Provided by publisher.