Tattoos in crime and detective narratives

Tattoos in crime and detective narratives
Author: Kate Watson
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Total Pages: 420
Release: 2019-07-04
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1526128691

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Examining representations of the tattoo and tattooing in literature, television, and film from two periods of tattoo renaissance (1851-1914, and 1955 to present), this study 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.


Tattoos in crime and detective narratives
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Pages: 420
Authors: Kate Watson
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-07-04 - Publisher: Manchester University Press

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