Russian Criminal Tattoo Encyclopaedia Volume III

Name: Russian Criminal Tattoo Encyclopaedia Volume III
Price: 20.4 USD
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ISBN: 9780955006197

ISBN-10: 0955006198

ISBN-13: 9780955006197

Edition: 2009

Authors: FUEL, Alexander Sidorov, Sergei Vasiliev

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This final volume of previously unpublished drawings and photographs completes the Russian Criminal Tattoo Encyclopaedia trilogy. Danzig Baldaev's unparallelled ethnographic achievement, documenting more than 3,000 tattoo drawings, was made during a lifetime working as a prison guard. His recording of this esoteric world was reported to the KGB, who unexpectedly supported him, realizing the importance of being able to establish facts about convicts by reading the images on their bodies. The motifs depicted represent the uncensored lives of the criminal classes, ranging from violence and pornography to politics and alcohol. A medieval knight is surrounded by the severed heads of his enemies,…

Book details

List price: $32.95
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: FUEL Publishing
Publication date: 11/1/2008
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 400
Size: 5.04" wide x 8.15" long x 1.02" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English