Wrapping in Images: Tattooing in Polynesia - Oxford Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology - Cultural Forms - Gell - Books - Oxford University Press - 9780198280903 - March 28, 1996
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Wrapping in Images: Tattooing in Polynesia - Oxford Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology - Cultural Forms


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Wrapping in Images is a comparative analysis of tattooing in Polynesia in its original setting. It shows how tattooing played a key role in the social construction of the person in the main Polynesian societies, and provides a new perspective on Polynesian comparative sociology.


358 pages, 35 black and white illustrations

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released March 28, 1996
ISBN13 9780198280903
Publishers Oxford University Press
Pages 358
Dimensions 157 × 233 × 20 mm   ·   544 g

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