Author: ALFRED GELL
Title: Wrapping in Images
Description: Clarendon Press, 1996. Paperback. Pp: 347. In traditional Polynesian societies, tattooing has played a key role in the social construction of the individual. This is the first study to provide a comparative analysis of tattooing in its original setting-based on a comprehensive survey of both written and oral sources. Drawing on modern social theory, psychoanalysis, and anthropological studies, Gell demonstrates the role of tattooing in the complex array of controlling sacredness and protecting the self. ISBN: 9780198280903. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.
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Title: Wrapping in Images
Description: Clarendon Press, 1996. Paperback. Pp: 347. In traditional Polynesian societies, tattooing has played a key role in the social construction of the individual. This is the first study to provide a comparative analysis of tattooing in its original setting-based on a comprehensive survey of both written and oral sources. Drawing on modern social theory, psychoanalysis, and anthropological studies, Gell demonstrates the role of tattooing in the complex array of controlling sacredness and protecting the self. ISBN: 9780198280903. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.
Keywords: 9780198280903
Price: EUR 47.50 = appr. US$ 51.63 Seller: De Slegte
- Book number: 1946443
- Book number: 1946443
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