Under the Skin: Tattoos, Scalps, and the Contested Language of Bodies in Early A

Description: Under the Skin by Mairin Odle Under the Skin investigates the role of cross-cultural body modification in seventeenth-century and eighteenth-century North America, revealing that the practices of tattooing and scalping were crucial to interactions between Natives and newcomers. These permanent and painful marks could act as signs of alliance or signs of conflict, producing a complex bodily archive of cross-cultural entanglement.Indigenous body modification practices were adopted and transformed by colonial powers, making tattooing and scalping key forms of cultural and political contestation in early America. Although these bodily practices were quite distinct-one a painful but generally voluntary sign of accomplishment and affiliation, the other a violent assault on life and identity-they were linked by growing colonial perceptions that both were crucial elements of "Nativeness." Tracing the transformation of concepts of bodily integrity, personal and collective identities, and the sources of human difference, Under the Skin investigates both the lived physical experience and the contested metaphorical power of early American bodies.Struggling for power on battlefields, in diplomatic gatherings, and in intellectual exchanges, Native Americans and Anglo-Americans found their physical appearances dramatically altered by their interactions with one another. Contested ideas about the nature of human and societal difference translated into altered appearances for many early Americans. In turn, scars and symbols on skin prompted an outpouring of stories as people debated the meaning of such marks. Perhaps paradoxically, individuals with culturally ambiguous or hybrid appearances prompted increasing efforts to insist on permanent bodily identity. By the late eighteenth century, ideas about the body, phenotype, and culture were increasingly articulated in concepts of race. Yet even as the interpretations assigned to inscribed flesh shifted, fascination with marked bodies remained. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Mairin Odle is Assistant Professor of American Studies at the University of Alabama. Table of Contents Introduction. Stories Written on the Body Chapter 1. Pownced, Pricked, or Paynted: Colonial Interpretations, Indigenous Tattoos Chapter 2. The "Ill Effects of It": Reading and Rewriting the Cross-Cultural TattooChapter 3. Pricing the Part: Economies of Violence and Stories of ScalpsChapter 4. Playing Possum: Scalping Survivors and Embodied MemoryEpilogue. Narrative Legacies and Settler AppropriationsNotes IndexAcknowledgments Promotional Under the Skin investigates the role of body modification in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century North America, revealing that the practices of tattooing and scalping were crucial to interactions between Natives and newcomers. Promotional "Headline" Under the Skin investigates the role of body modification in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century North America, revealing that the practices of tattooing and scalping were crucial to interactions between Natives and newcomers. Details ISBN1512823163 Author Mairin Odle Short Title Under the Skin Publisher University of Pennsylvania Press Series Early American Studies Language English Year 2022 ISBN-10 1512823163 ISBN-13 9781512823165 Format Hardcover Subtitle Tattoos, Scalps, and the Contested Language of Bodies in Early America Imprint University of Pennsylvania Press Place of Publication Pennsylvania Country of Publication United States Pages 176 Illustrations 13 illus. Publication Date 2022-11-01 AU Release Date 2022-11-01 NZ Release Date 2022-11-01 US Release Date 2022-11-01 UK Release Date 2022-11-01 DEWEY 391.65097309033 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:161853511;

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