Tatau : a history of Sāmoan tattooing / Sean Mallon and Sébastien Galliot.

By:

Mallon, Sean [author.]

Contributor(s):

Galliot, Sebastien, 1977- [author.]

Material type: Text

text
still image

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780994136244
0994136242

Other title:

History of Sāmoan tattooing

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

391.65099614 23

LOC classification:

GT2346.S35 M35 2018

Contents:

Tatau: ancient traces -- Tatau: European encounters and observations, 1722-1900 -- Tatau, Persistence and change, 1900-2000 -- Tatau as a ritual institution, 2000-2010 -- Tatau and its globalisation, 2000-2017.

Summary: "The Sāmoan Islands are virtually unique in that tattooing has been continuously practised with indigenous techniques: the design of the full male tattoo, the peʻa, has evolved in subtle ways since the nineteenth century, but remains as elaborate, meaningful, and powerful as it ever was. This richly illustrated cultural history is the first publication to examine 3000 years of Sāmoan tatau. Through a chronology vivid with people, encounters and events it describes how Sāmoan tattooing has been shaped by local and external forces over many centuries. It argues that Sāmoan tatau has a long history of relevance both within and beyond Sāmoa, and a more complicated history than is currently presented in the literature"--Publisher information.

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Book	City Campus City Campus Main Collection	DISPLAY 391.65099614 MAL (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Issued	20/11/2024	A562533B
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"The Sāmoan Islands are virtually unique in that tattooing has been continuously practised with indigenous techniques: the design of the full male tattoo, the peʻa, has evolved in subtle ways since the nineteenth century, but remains as elaborate, meaningful, and powerful as it ever was. This richly illustrated cultural history is the first publication to examine 3000 years of Sāmoan tatau. Through a chronology vivid with people, encounters and events it describes how Sāmoan tattooing has been shaped by local and external forces over many centuries. It argues that Sāmoan tatau has a long history of relevance both within and beyond Sāmoa, and a more complicated history than is currently presented in the literature"--Publisher information.

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