Tattooing the World Pacific Designs in Print and Skin

Name: Tattooing the World Pacific Designs in Print and Skin
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ISBN: 9780231143691

ISBN-10: 0231143699

ISBN-13: 9780231143691

Edition: 2008

Authors: Juniper Ellis

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In the 1830s an Irishman named James F. O'Connell acquired a full-body tattoo while living as a castaway in the Pacific. The tattoo featured traditional patterns that, to native Pohnpeians, defined O'Connell's life; they made him wholly human. Yet upon traveling to New York, these markings singled him out as a freak. His tattoos frightened women and children, and ministers warned their congregations that viewing O'Connell's markings would cause the ink to transfer to the skin of their unborn children. In many ways, O'Connell's story exemplifies the unique history of the modern tattoo, which began in the Pacific and then spread throughout the world. No matter what form it has taken, the…

Book details

List price: $36.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 3/3/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 0.60" wide x 0.90" long x 0.06" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English

Juniper Ellis is an associate professor of English at Loyola College in Maryland, teaching Maori, Pacific Islands, and US literature. Her research for this book was made possible by the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Fulbright Foundation, and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.



List of Illustrations


Acknowledgments


A Note About Pacific Languages


Introduction: Living Scripts, Texts, Strategies



Tatau and Malu: Vital Signs in Contemporary Samoan Literature



"The Original Queequeg"? Te Pehi Kupe




Another Aesthetic: Beauty and Morality in Facial Tattoo



Marked Ethics: Erasing and Restoring the Tattoo



Locating the Sign: Visible Culture



Transfer of Desire: Engendering Sexuality


Epilogue: The Question of Belonging


Notes


Bibliography


Index