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Wrapping in Images
Alfred Gell
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Description for Wrapping in Images
paperback. 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. Series: Oxford Studies in Social & Cultural Anthropology: Cultural Forms. Num Pages: 358 pages, 35 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MKP; AFY; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 660.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
358
Condition
New
Series
Oxford Studies in Social & Cultural Anthropology: Cultural Forms
Number of Pages
358
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780198280903
SKU
V9780198280903
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Reviews for Wrapping in Images
Wrapping in Images: Tattooing in Polynesia promised to be that long-awaited treatise which would address and analyse the complexities of tattoo in Polynesia ... Gell's approach to this topic combines current psychoanalytical and deconstruction theories ... Wrapping in Images adds to the dialogue concerning Polynesian tattoo. As a resource it does offer new insights and theories about the relationship of ... Read more