Does anyone have suggestions for anthropological publications on body modification, especially tattoos and in particular Maori tattoos?
"Takona Tatu" by Ana M. Arredondo, ed. Rapa Nui Press :)
Not entirely anthropological, but close:
Pitts-Taylor, Victoria (2003): In the flesh. The cultural politics of body modification. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
Rolle, Valérie (Paris): L'art de tatouer. La pratique d'un métier créatif. 2013: Éditions de la Maison des sciences de l'homme.
Sanders, Clinton R.; Vail, D. Angus (2008): Customizing the body. The Art and Culture of Tattooing. Revised and expanded Edition. Philadelphia: Temple
• Thomas, N. Cole, A. Douglas, B. (eds). 2005. Tattoo: Bodies, Art and Exchange in the Pacific and the West. Durham, Duke University Press: 252 p
and within it particularly:
• Waimarie Nikora, L. Rua, M. Te Awekotuku, N. 2005. Wearing Moko: Maori Facial Marking in Today’s World. In Thomas, N. Cole, A. Douglas, B. (eds). 2005. Tattoo: Bodies, Art and Exchange in the Pacific and the West. Durham, Duke University Press
I second Jonas Müller's suggestion: Clinton R. Sanders, Customizing the Body: The Art and Culture of Tattooing (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, [1989] 2008).
Dear Prof. Emanuel Valentin,
I found some books related to your subjects. Hope that they are useful for you.
Best regards,
Hiep.
Dear Prof. Emanuel Valentin,
I found 3 more books related to your subjects. Hope that they are useful for you.
Best regards,
Hiep.
For an African scarification, see my book 2005 Vitality of Karamojong Religion pp. 125f, 198f. Up to the early twentieth century scarification somewhere between hips and head was a common decoration in Kenya and Northern Uganda across Cushitic (probably the source), Nilotic, and Bantu peoples. This might have been diffused from the use of obsidian and quartz flakes to produce keloids in Melanesia from about 6,000 years ago. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/264294510_Middle_and_late_Holocene_skin-working_tools_in_Melanesia_Tattooing_and_scarification The obsidian knife has an ancient and sacred role in E Africa.
Book The Vitality of Karamojong Religion: Dying Tradition or Living Faith?
Article Middle and late Holocene skin-working tools in Melanesia: Ta...
See the book :
Un corps pour soi
François de Singly (Sociologue), Christian Bromberger (Anthropologue), et all., Paris, PUF (Etude), 2005.
Two chapters in the book: The Fabrics of Culture: the anthropology of clothing and adornment. Editors: Justine M. Cordwell and Ronald A. Schwarz. The chapters and authors are (1) The Very Human Arts of Transformation, by Justine M. Cordwell and; (2) Badaga Apparel: protection and symbol, by Paul Hockings.
I recently read this book which has a pretty good archaeological perspective.
http://utpress.utexas.edu/index.php/books/detdra
Bodies of subversion : a secret history of women and tattoo
Author
Mifflin, Margot, 1960-
Publisher:
PowerHouse Books,
Pub date:
c2013.
Bodies of inscription : a cultural history of the modern tattoo community
Author
DeMello, Margo.
Publisher:
Duke University Press,
Pub date:
2000.
The Haidah Indians of Queen Charlotte's Islands, British Columbia. With a brief description of their carvings, tattoo designs, etc
Author
Swan, James Gilchrist.
Publisher:
Smithsonian institution,
Pub date:
1964, 1874.
there are a lot .Lars Krutak, Aaron Deter-Wolf have published a lot what may help
ta moko - robley or - nice to read - gordon toi hatfield. gell wrapping in images. but starting with deMello may help
Check this in the larger context of "dress" in my book: Veil: Modesty, Privacy and Resistance by Fadwa El Guindi - there is helpful conceptualization of the topic
Cultural Anthropology & Human Experience: The Feast of Life
Di Katherine A. Dettwyler
There is an interesting chapter about your requested topic
JA Fisher - Body and Society 2002- Sage (chapter: tatooing the body:marking culture)
M.Kosut - Visual Studies 2000 - Taylor & Francis (Tattoo Narratives: the intersection of the body)
EP Anderson-Fye - 2012 - Anthropology perspective on physical appearance and body image
K.Doss, AS Ebesu Hubbard - Communication Research Report - 2009 Taylor & Francis (the Communicative value of tattoos. The role of self-consciousness on tattoo visibility)