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Tattoo Traditions of Asia
For millennia, tattoos have documented the history of humanity one painful mark at a time. They form a visual language on the skin, expressing an individual’s desires and fears as well as cultural values, family ties, and spiritual beliefs on the surfaces of the body. The Indigenous peoples of Asia have created some of the world’s oldest and most distinctive tattoos, but their many contributions to body art and practice have been largely overlooked. Tattoo Traditions of Asia is the first single volume dedicated to the anthropological study of an ancient cultural practice and artform that spans many countries and societies, ancestral lands, and contemporary communities across the continent and its islands. This richly illustrated survey combines the author's twenty years of fieldwork, interviewing hundreds of Indigenous tattoo bearers and contemporary tattoo practitioners, with painstaking research conducted in obscure archives throughout the region and elsewhere to break new ground on one of the least-understood mediums of Indigenous Asian expressive culture—a vital tradition to be celebrated, an inspirational story told in skin and ink.
Indigenous Tattoo Traditions
A beautifully illustrated history of Indigenous tattooing practices around the world Tattooing within Indigenous communities is a time-honored practice that binds the tattoo recipient to a deeply felt collective history. More than mere decoration, tattoos embody cultural values, ancestral ties, and spiritual beliefs. Indigenous Tattoo Traditions captures ancient tribal tattooing practices and their contemporary resurgence, highlighting a beautiful aspect of humanity’s shared cultural heritage. Transporting readers through history, Lars Krutak explores the art and customs of tattooing across numerous ancestral lands, including Africa, the Middle East, the Americas, the Arctic, Oceania, Japa...
IEEE/Pes Transmission and Distribution Conference and Exhibition 2002: Asia Pacific
Vols. for cataloged as a serial.
The Machine That Changed the World
How Japan's secret weapon in the global auto wars will revolutionize western industry.
National Union Catalog
Includes entries for maps and atlases.
Selected Papers on Resolution Enhancement Techniques in Optical Lithography
Optical lithography for integrated circuits is undergoing a renaissance with the adoption of Resolution Enhancement Technology (RET). Some RET concepts have become routine in manufacturing. This volume gathers together seminal RET papers.
