Tattoos in crime and detective narratives Marking and remarking

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Synopsis

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.

Book details

Author:
Kate Watson, Katharine Cox
ISBN:
9781526128683
Related ISBNs:
9781526128690, 9781526128676, 9781526128690, 9781526128676
Publisher:
Manchester University Press
Pages:
N/A
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
No
Date of addition:
2020-10-22
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2019
Copyright by:
N/A 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Art and Architecture, Language Arts, Literature and Fiction, Nonfiction