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Books > Arts & Architecture > Art forms, treatments & subjects > Body art & tattooing
The magical art of mehndi, or henna painting, has been practiced for centuries in India, Africa, and the Middle East, and now it has finally arrived in the West. Packed with inspirational photographs of traditional andcontemporary mehndi, this complete resource offers everything you need to create your own beautiful hennadesigns, including: dozens of practice exercises and sample illustrations a foolproof recipe for mixing the henna paste step-by-step instructions on how to apply your mehndi design insider's tips from professional mehndi artists and more!
Tattoos in crime and detective narratives examines representations
of the tattoo and tattooing in literature, television and film,
from two periods of tattoo renaissance (1851-1914, and c1955 to
present). It makes an original contribution to understandings of
crime and detective genre and the ways in which tattoos act as a
mimetic device that marks and remarks these narratives in complex
ways. With a focus on tattooing as a bodily narrative, the book
incorporates the critical perspectives of posthumanism, spatiality,
postcolonialism, embodiment and gender studies. The grouped essays
examine the first tattoo renaissance, the rebirth of the tattoo in
contemporary culture through literature, children's literature,
film and television. The collection has a broad appeal, and will be
of interest to all literature and media scholars, but in particular
those with an interest in crime and detective narratives and skin
studies. -- .
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