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| Product ID: | 9780198280903 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Oxford Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology - Cultural Forms |
| Title: | Wrapping in Images |
| Subtitle: | Tattooing in Polynesia |
| Authors: | Author: Alfred Gell |
| Page Count: | 358 |
| Subjects: | Body art and tattoos, Body art & tattooing, Anthropology, Anthropology, Polynesia |
| Description: | Wrapping in Images is a comparative analysis of tattooing in Polynesia in its original setting. It shows how tattooing played a key role in the social construction of the person in the main Polynesian societies, and provides a new perspective on Polynesian comparative sociology. Wrapping in Images is the first comparative analysis of tattooing in Polynesia in its original setting, based on a comprehensive survey of both written and visual documentary sources.Drawing on modern social theory, psychoanalysis, and contemporary anthropology, Alfred Gell shows how tattooing formed part of a complex array of symbolic techniques for controlling sacredness and protecting the self. He uses this framework to examine the iconographic meaning of tattoo motifs, the rich corpus of mythology surrounding tattooing in some Polynesian societies, and the complex rituals associated with the tattoing operation. he also demonstrates how not all ancient Polynesian societies placed an equal emphasis on tattooing, or exploited the basic metaphors in the same way. Gell''s wide-ranging, comparative political analysis shows consistent correlations between forms of political structure and different tattooing institutions, offering a new perspective on Polynesian comparative sociology. |
| Imprint Name: | Clarendon Press |
| Publisher Name: | Oxford University Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 1996-03-28 |
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