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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Art on the human skin
Anyone interested in a serious understanding of the cultural importance of tattooing in the West would benefit from reading this book. (Caplan is now a distinguished professor of history at Oxford University.) If you're looking for something superficial and sensational, look elsewhere. This book offers much richness between its covers.
Published on February 27, 2006 by Dolphin
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7 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
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Reads like a medical journal
I can't discourage this book enough. It takes the interesting world of tattooing and makes it into a bland history lesson that doesnt even emphasize the more interesting aspects of its past. Tattooing is one subject that is generally vey interesting no matter how you study it but this book manages to make it boring. At times it gets so far off the subject you wonder why...
Published on July 14, 2003 by Big Scary
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Art on the human skin,
By Dolphin (East Coast USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Written on the Body: The Tattoo in European and American History (Paperback)
Anyone interested in a serious understanding of the cultural importance of tattooing in the West would benefit from reading this book. (Caplan is now a distinguished professor of history at Oxford University.) If you're looking for something superficial and sensational, look elsewhere. This book offers much richness between its covers.
7 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Reads like a medical journal,
By Big Scary (Florida) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Written on the Body: The Tattoo in European and American History (Paperback)
I can't discourage this book enough. It takes the interesting world of tattooing and makes it into a bland history lesson that doesnt even emphasize the more interesting aspects of its past. Tattooing is one subject that is generally vey interesting no matter how you study it but this book manages to make it boring. At times it gets so far off the subject you wonder why you dont just read a real history book instead. Very bland and reads like a medical journal.
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Written on the Body: The Tattoo in European and American History by Jane Caplan (Paperback - June 12, 2000)
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