Tattoo: Bodies, Art, And Exchange In The Pacific And The West History Of Tatooing,New

The History Of Tattooing Is Shrouded In Controversy. Citing The Polynesian Derivation Of The Word Tattoo, Many Scholars And Tattoo Enthusiasts Have Believed That The Modern Practice Of Tattooing Originated In The Pacific, And Specifically In The Contacts Between Captain Cooks Seamen And The Tahitians. Tattoo Demonstrates That While The History Of Tattooing Is Far More Complex Than This, Pacific Body Arts Have Provided Powerful Stimuli To The West Intermittently From The Eighteenth Century To The Present Day. The Essays Collected Here Document The Extraordinary, Intertwined Histories Of Processes Of Cultural Exchange And Pacific Tattoo Practices. Art Historians, Anthropologists, And Scholars Of Oceania Provide A Transcultural History Of Tattooing In And Beyond The Pacific.The Contributors Examine The Contexts In Which Pacific Tattoos Were Discovered By Europeans, Track The History Of The Tattooing Of Europeans Visiting The Region, And Look At How Pacific Tattooing Was Absorbed, Revalued, And Often Suppressed By Agents Of European Colonization. They Consider How European Art Has Incorporated Tattooing, And They Explore Contemporary Manifestations Of Pacific Tattoo Art, Paying Particular Attention To The Different Trajectories Of Samoan, Tahitian, And Maori Tattooing And To The Meaning Of Presentday Appropriations Of Tribal Tattoos. New Research Has Uncovered A Fascinating Visual Archive Of Centuriesold Tattoo Images, And This Richly Illustrated Volume Includes A Number Of Thosemany Published Here For The First Timealongside Images Of Contemporary Tattooing In Polynesia And Europe. Tattoo Offers A Tantalizing Glimpse Into The Plethora Of Stories And Crosscultural Encounters That Lie Between The Blood On A Sailors Backside In The Eighteenth Century And The Hammering Of A Samoan Tattoo Tool In The Twentyfirst.Contributors. Peter Brunt, Anna Cole, Anne Dalleva, Bronwen Douglas, Elena Govor, Makiko Kuwahara, Sean Mallon, Linda Waimarie Nikora, Mohi Rua, Cyril Siorat, Ngahuia Te Awekotuku, Nicholas Thomas, Joanna White