Russian Prison Tattoos: Codes of Authority, Domination, and Struggle - Brossura

Lambert, Alix; Christ, Mary

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0764317644 ISBN 13: 9780764317644

Casa editrice: Schiffer Pub Ltd, 2003

Riassunto

For centuries, Russian prison inmates forcibly initiated newcomers with tattoos. Gradually, prisoners developed a secret form of communication with their tattoos, allowing them to establish rank among the other inmates and maintain a clandestine hierarchy. This book explores the grisly reality of Russian prisons and the people who inhabit them. Over 190 black and white and color photographs expose the different tattoos and their meanings, ranging from churches, crosses, Christs, Madonnas, military symbols, cats, dolphins, bears, hawks, and other startling images. Documentary filmmaker Alix Lambert traveled around modern Russia to film these sinister environments, collected stories to identify the dying art of tattooing in Russian prisons, and detailed the lives of the heavily marked inmates, past and present. This fascinating, spine-tingling book provides an entirely new outlook on tattoos and what they can represent!

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Book by Lambert Alix Christ Mary

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Schiffer Pub Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0764317644
• ISBN 13: 9780764317644
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 159