Kuwahara, Makiko.

Tattoo : an anthropology / Makiko Kuwahara. - English ed. - Oxford ; New York : Berg, 2005. - xix, 268 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-254) and index.

9781845201548 (cloth) 184520154X (cloth) 9781845201555 (pbk.) 1845201558 (pbk.)

2005004124


Tattooing--History.--French Polynesia
Tattooing--History.--French Polynesia--Tahiti
Body, Human--Social aspects--French Polynesia.
Body, Human--Symbolic aspects--French Polynesia.
Sex role--French Polynesia.
Festivals--French Polynesia.
Prisons--Social aspects--French Polynesia.


French Polynesia--Social life and customs.

GN670 / .K88 2005

391.6/5/09962