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Tattoo Traditions of Asia
Ancient and Contemporary Expressions of Identity
Price:
CA$112.00
ISBN: 9780824895709
Pub Date: October 2024
Imprint: University of Hawaii Press
For millennia, tattoos have documented the history of humanity one painful mark at a time. They form a visual language on the skin, expressing an individual’s desires and fears as well as cultural...
Gay Sailor Tattoos
Price:
CA$6.50
ISBN: 9781648414565
Pub Date: January 2024
Imprint: Microcosm Publishing
It wasn't always a breeze to find lovers on the high seas, and we don't have many sources about sailors who desired their shipmates. But what we do have are tattoo designs-still recognizable in today's...
Stigma
Marking Skin in the Early Modern World
Price:
CA$42.95
ISBN: 9780271094434
Pub Date: January 2024
Imprint: Penn State University Press
Tatau
Samoan Tattoo, New Zealand Art, Global Culture
Price:
CA$100.00
ISBN: 9780824896607
Pub Date: May 2023
Imprint: University of Hawaii Press
When Tatau was first published in 2010, Mark Adams’ renowned images documenting a great Polynesian art tradition were a revelation. Mostly taken between 1978 and 2005, these photographs recorded the...
Russian Criminal Tattoo Archive
Price:
CA$77.00
ISBN: 9781739887803
Pub Date: May 2023
Imprint: Artbook / D.A.P.
Tattoo drawings and prison portraits from Fuel’s fabled archive of Russian criminal subcultureThis volume presents highlights from Fuel’s singular collection of authentic material on this subject....
The Other End of the Needle
Continuity and Change among Tattoo Workers
Price:
CA$45.95
ISBN: 9781978807471
Pub Date: November 2020
Imprint: Rutgers University Press
The Other End of the Needle encourages readers to step into the complex world of tattooists. Through interviews with tattooists, and observations in their shops, Lane challenges us to understand how people collectively create and sustain culture. By asking how people make things, this book shows how tattoos are more than just images on the skin.
Te Kuia Moko
The Last Tattooed Maori Women
Price:
CA$49.95
ISBN: 9780947506773
Pub Date: September 2020
Imprint: University of Hawaii Press
Te Kuia Moko is a taonga recording 34 Māori women, all bearing moko kauae (chin tattoos). First published in 1980 as The Blue Privilege, this new printing evidences the book’s ongoing importance...
Ancient Ink
The Archaeology of Tattooing
Price:
CA$54.00
ISBN: 9780295742830
Pub Date: February 2020
Imprint: University of Washington Press
The human desire to adorn the body is universal and timeless. While specific forms of body decoration and the motivations for them vary by region, culture, and era, all human societies have engaged...
Russian Criminal Tattoos and Playing Cards
Price:
CA$42.50
ISBN: 9780993191121
Pub Date: October 2018
Imprint: Artbook / D.A.P.
The secret art and culture of the Russian criminal playing cardThis book reveals the importance of playing cards in Russian criminal culture. The handmade decks are beautiful works of art in their own...
Tatau
A History of Sāmoan Tattooing
Price:
CA$113.00
ISBN: 9780824878498
Pub Date: August 2018
Imprint: University of Hawaii Press
Tatau is a beautifully designed and richly illustrated retelling of the unique and powerful history of Sāmoan tattooing, from 3,000 years ago to modern practices.The Sāmoan Islands are virtually unique...
Jake Verzosa: The Last Tattooed Women of Kallinga
Steidl Book Award Asia 2017
Price:
CA$60.00
ISBN: 9783958293175
Pub Date: May 2018
Imprint: Artbook / D.A.P.
The Last Tattooed Women of Kalinga presents a series of portraits by Filipino photographer Jake Verzosa (born 1979) that lament and celebrate a dying tradition of tattooing in villages throughout the...
Tattoos in Japanese Prints
Price:
CA$33.95
ISBN: 9780878468461
Pub Date: September 2017
Imprint: Artbook / D.A.P.
Tattoo inspiration from the glory days of Japanese ukiyo-e printsMany tattoo connoisseurs consider the Japanese tradition to be the finest in the world for its detail, complexity and compositional skill....
Jens Uwe Parkitny: Marked for Life
Myanmar's Chin Women and their Facial Tattoos
Price:
CA$72.50
ISBN: 9783735603555
Pub Date: August 2017
Imprint: Artbook / D.A.P.
Marked for Life documents the vanishing tradition and the unique beauty of facial tattooing among the women of the various Chin ethnic groups in Myanmar (Burma).Though a centuries-old tradition, this...
Russian Criminal Tattoo Police Files
Volume I
Price:
CA$42.50
ISBN: 9780956896292
Pub Date: March 2016
Imprint: Artbook / D.A.P.
Continuing Fuel’s exploration of Soviet culture, unforgettable photographs of extraordinary tattoosRussian Criminal Tattoo Police Files Volume I features more than 180 photographs of Russian criminal...
Horihide
Celebrating the Life and Work of Kazuo Oguri
Price:
CA$129.00
ISBN: 9789491394089
Pub Date: August 2015
Imprint: University of Washington Press
In Horihide we celebrate the life and work of one of Japan's most famous tattoo artists, Kazuo Oguri, the pioneer who introduced traditional Japanese tattoo iconography and techniques to the West. Since...
Tattoo Traditions of Native North America
Ancient and Contemporary Expressions of Identity
Price:
CA$95.00
ISBN: 9789491394096
Pub Date: December 2014
Imprint: University of Washington Press
For thousands of years the Indigenous peoples of North America have produced astonishingly rich and diverse forms of tattooing. Long neglected by anthropologists and art historians, tattooing was a...
Tattoo Traditions of Asia
Ancient and Contemporary Expressions of Identity
CA$112.00
ISBN: 9780824895709
Pub Date: October 2024
Imprint: University of Hawaii Press
Gay Sailor Tattoos
CA$6.50
ISBN: 9781648414565
Pub Date: January 2024
Imprint: Microcosm Publishing
Stigma
Marking Skin in the Early Modern World
CA$42.95
ISBN: 9780271094434
Pub Date: January 2024
Imprint: Penn State University Press
Tatau
Samoan Tattoo, New Zealand Art, Global Culture
CA$100.00
ISBN: 9780824896607
Pub Date: May 2023
Imprint: University of Hawaii Press
Russian Criminal Tattoo Archive
CA$77.00
ISBN: 9781739887803
Pub Date: May 2023
Imprint: Artbook / D.A.P.
The Other End of the Needle
Continuity and Change among Tattoo Workers
CA$45.95
ISBN: 9781978807471
Pub Date: November 2020
Imprint: Rutgers University Press
Te Kuia Moko
The Last Tattooed Maori Women
CA$49.95
ISBN: 9780947506773
Pub Date: September 2020
Imprint: University of Hawaii Press
Ancient Ink
The Archaeology of Tattooing
CA$54.00
ISBN: 9780295742830
Pub Date: February 2020
Imprint: University of Washington Press
Russian Criminal Tattoos and Playing Cards
CA$42.50
ISBN: 9780993191121
Pub Date: October 2018
Imprint: Artbook / D.A.P.
Tatau
A History of Sāmoan Tattooing
CA$113.00
ISBN: 9780824878498
Pub Date: August 2018
Imprint: University of Hawaii Press
Jake Verzosa: The Last Tattooed Women of Kallinga
Steidl Book Award Asia 2017
CA$60.00
ISBN: 9783958293175
Pub Date: May 2018
Imprint: Artbook / D.A.P.
Tattoos in Japanese Prints
CA$33.95
ISBN: 9780878468461
Pub Date: September 2017
Imprint: Artbook / D.A.P.
Jens Uwe Parkitny: Marked for Life
Myanmar's Chin Women and their Facial Tattoos
CA$72.50
ISBN: 9783735603555
Pub Date: August 2017
Imprint: Artbook / D.A.P.
Russian Criminal Tattoo Police Files
Volume I
CA$42.50
ISBN: 9780956896292
Pub Date: March 2016
Imprint: Artbook / D.A.P.
Horihide
Celebrating the Life and Work of Kazuo Oguri
CA$129.00
ISBN: 9789491394089
Pub Date: August 2015
Imprint: University of Washington Press
Tattoo Traditions of Native North America
Ancient and Contemporary Expressions of Identity
CA$95.00
ISBN: 9789491394096
Pub Date: December 2014
Imprint: University of Washington Press