Tattoo Traditions of Native North America: Ancient and Contemporary Expressions of Identity
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| Rating | : | 4.43 (855 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 9491394096 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-03-22 |
| Language | : | English |
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It presents tattoo traditions with levity, generosity, and respect, and most importantly, not as a dying or vanishing art form but one which is re-emerging, giving voice to the people to whom these traditions belong.--Analisa Tripp"News from Native California" (01/01/2015) "Tattoo Traditions of Native North America" begins to fill the void in the global record of traditional tattooing practices. This volume provides a depth of cultural understanding rarely seen in conversations about tattooing in North America.--Rhonda Dass"Anthropos" (01/01/2015) . Simply put, this book is beautiful. This volume provides a depth of cultural understanding rarely seen in conversations about tattooing in North America.--Rhonda Dass"Anthropos" (01/01/2015)Tattoo Trad
For thousands of years the Indigenous peoples of North America have produced astonishingly rich and diverse forms of tattooing. Tattoo Traditions of Native North America explores the many facets of indelible Indigenous body marking across every cultural region of North America. As the first book on the subject, it breaks new ground on one of the least-known mediums of Native American expressive culture that nearly disappeared from view in the twentieth century, until it was reborn in recent decades.. Long neglected by anthropologists and art historians, tattooing was a time-honored practice that expressed the patterns of tribal social organization and religion, while also channelling worlds inhabited by deities, spirits, and the ancestors
Protection. Lars Krutak is a cultural anthropologist, photographer, and writer who has traveled the Indigenous world for over fifteen years documenting the traditions of tribal body modification. He works for the National Museum of Natural History. He is the author of The Tattooing Arts of Tribal Women, Kalinga Tattoo: Ancient and Modern Expressions of the Tribal, and Magical Tattoos and S
Lis Stender said Five Stars. Its beautiful