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Written on the Body: The Tattoo in
European
and American History
This book has spectacular scholarship on tattooing and body art. It
includes Charle's MacQuarrie's essay on body art among the ancient
Britons, including a comparison of ancient Roman and other eyewitness
accounts of woading and tattooing among the insular Celts, and the
discovery of blue dyed skin on Lindow Man. Jane Caplan, Editor |
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Wombs and Alien Spirits: Women, Men, and
the Zar Cult in Northern Sudan
This is in-depth scholarship on Sudanese Zar, women and henna! Janice Boddy |
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Marriage ceremonies in Morocco
You can still get this original research on Moroccan henna traditions
prior to 1900 from antiquarian booksellers.
This is the most complete documentation of traditional Moroccan Night
of the Henna anywhere. Edward Alexander Westermarck |
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Veil : Modesty, Privacy and Resistance
(Dress, Body, Culture)
Whether veiling perplexes you or you think you understand it
... El Guindi examines the history, ethnicity, function and practice of
veiling more thoroughly than anyone before. Fadwa El Guindi |
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The Victim and its Masks : An Essay on
Sacrifice and Masquerade in the Maghreb
This book details the traditions of `Id that are vanishing with the
modernizatinof Islam. When you read this book, you'll develop an
entirely new understanding of the role of henna in `Id. Abdellah Hammoudi, Paula Wissing (Translator) |
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