Inscribing the body

Annual Review of Anthropology

Volumn 33, Issue , 2004, Pages 319-344

  Schildkrout, Enid ^a  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Art; Scarification; Skin; Tattoo; Writing

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; SYMBOLISM;

EID: 9344248376     PISSN: 00846570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.anthro.33.070203.143947     Document Type: Article

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