{"product_id":"tatau-by-sean-mallon-9780994136244","title":"Tatau","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Samoan Islands are virtually unique in that tattooing has been continuously practised with indigenous techniques: the full male tattoo, the pe'a, has evolved in subtle ways in its design since the nineteenth century, but remains as elaborate, meaningful, and powerful as it ever was.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis cultural history is the first publication to examine 3000 years of Samoan tatau. Through a chronology rich with people, encounters and events, it describes how Samoan tattooing has been shaped by local and external forces of change over many centuries.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt argues that Samoan tatau has a long history of relevance both within and beyond Samoa, and a more complicated history than is currently presented in the literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTatau\u003c\/em\u003e is richly illustrated with historical images of nineteenth and twentieth-century Samoan tattooing, contemporary tattooing, diagrams of tattoo designs and motifs, and with supplementary photographs such as posters, ephemera, film stills, and artefacts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Archetype\/Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48014818017516,"sku":"9780994136244","price":64.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780994136244-tatau.jpg?v=1785188739","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/tatau-by-sean-mallon-9780994136244","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}