▪ Abstract Inscriptions on the body, especially tattoo, scarification, and body paint, have been
part of ethnographic literature since before the birth of anthropology as a discipline …

Our culture is one that speaks rather than listens. From reality TV to political rallies, there is a
clamour to be heard, to narrate, and to receive attention. It reduces' reality'to revelation and …

Skin, Steven Connor argues, has never been more visible. The Book of Skin explores the
multiple functions of the skin in the cultures of the West. In this vividly illustrated book …

In analyses of tattoo contests, advertising, and modern primitive photographs, the book
shows how images of tattooed bodies communicate and disrupt notions of gender, class …

This book traverses the Indian Ocean in the period when the British held sway over the
major oceanic waters of the world. In reviving the history of the Andamans as an important …

In eighteenth-century Britain and North America, newspaper advertisements were the
primary means of publishing accounts of troublesome people and requesting further …

Scots have been'invisible'ethnics but happen to be Australia's third largest immigrant group.
The Scots in Australia is a long overdue and comprehensive history of Scottish immigrants …

Most studies in the sociology of religion in the West ignored religious tattoos or understood
them as marginal practices. However, people have been getting religious tattoos since the …

Tattoo Histories is an edited volume which analyses and discusses the relevance of
tattooing in the socio-cultural construction of bodies, boundaries, and identities, among both …

Debates around the visibility of religious symbols–including whether and how to regulate
them—have been quite vivid in recent years in Canada, and particularly in the province of …