TATTOO HISTORIES : transcultural perspectives on the narratives, practices, and representations of tattooing

Introduction 1. Indelible Ink: An Introduction to the Histories, Narratives, and Practices of Tattooing Part I: Tattoos as Individual or Communal Body Projects 2. "I Just Want It to Look Pretty": Reproducing Heteronormative Gender Roles through Tattoo Reality TV: Miami Ink 3. Identity, Gender Roles, and Tattooing among Italian Lesbian Women 4. Mi Familia: Latina Women in the US Negotiate Identity and Social Sanctions Through Tattooing Part II: Tattoos and Othering 5. "If Skin Were Parchment": Tattoos in Antiquity 6. Marking France’s Enemies: Masculinity, Sexuality, and the Tattoo in Revolutionary France 7. "So Much Magic on Your Flesh": The Ma(r)king of Selves in the TV Series Salem 8. The True Life and Adventures of Tattooed Performers: Tattoos, Captivity Narratives, and the Savage in Literature Part III: (De-)Colonization, Revitalization, and Cultural Appropriation 9. Indigenous (Re)inscription: Transmission of Cultural Knowledge(s) through Tattoos as Resistance 10. The Custom of Marking the Body among the Santals of India 11. Sacred Skin: Tattooing, Memory, and Identity among the Naga of India 12. Chinese Characters on Foreign Bodies: Chinese Character Tattoos and Cultural Appropriation 13. Skinscape Souvenirs and Globalized Bodies: Tattoo Tourism and Language in East Africa Part IV: Tattoo as Embodied Art 14. Shame Laid Bare: Damien Hirst’s Tattoo Work butterfly, divided 15. Incompatible Inking Ideologies in the Ancient Greek World 16. Negotiating a Personal Experience: Identity Affirmation of the Horimono Artist