Tattoo Traditions of Asia
Ancient and Contemporary Expressions of Identity
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Product details:
- Publisher University of Hawai'i Press
- Date of Publication 31 October 2024
- ISBN 9780824895709
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages277 pages
- Size 235x206 mm
- Weight 1662 g
- Language English 558
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Short description:
The first single volume dedicated to the anthropological study an ancient cultural practice and artform that spans many countries and societies, ancestral lands, and contemporary communities across the Asian continent and its islands. The volume breaks new ground on one of the least-understood mediums of Indigenous Asian expressive culture.
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For millennia, tattoos have documented the history of humanity one painful mark at a time. They form a visual language on the skin, expressing an individual’s desires and fears as well as cultural values, family ties, and spiritual beliefs on the surfaces of the body. The Indigenous peoples of Asia have created some of the world’s oldest and most distinctive tattoos, but their many contributions to body art and practice have been largely overlooked. Tattoo Traditions of Asia is the first single volume dedicated to the anthropological study of an ancient cultural practice and artform that spans many countries and societies, ancestral lands, and contemporary communities across the continent and its islands.
This richly illustrated survey combines the author's twenty years of fieldwork, interviewing hundreds of Indigenous tattoo bearers and contemporary tattoo practitioners, with painstaking research conducted in obscure archives throughout the region and elsewhere to break new ground on one of the least-understood mediums of Indigenous Asian expressive culture—a vital tradition to be celebrated, an inspirational story told in skin and ink.
