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A cutting-edge illustrated survey of 75 contemporary tattoo artists from around the world who are pushing the boundaries of their art form With nearly 700 images, Tattoo You: A New Generation of Artists showcases 75 rising stars who are redefining the industry. The first book of its kind, Tattoo You features artists curated by a global panel of experts, including some of tattooing's most important names, such as Grace Neutral, Claudia De Sabe, Matt McCormick, Tamara Santibañez, Lal Hardy, Marisa Kakoulas, Matt Lodder, Tann Koga (Ink the Diaspora), and Jay Freestyle. Each artist is accompanied by a selection of images illustrating their work, alongside an in-depth profile that delves into their influences, creative process, and how they are transforming the tattoo world. From minimal, blackwork, and Neo-Traditional tattoos to stick-and-poke and cultural and Indigenous practices, Tattoo You spans all styles and techniques, offering an inside look into how artists around the world work today, while simultaneously providing glimpses of tattooing's future as an innovative, accessible, and revolutionary art form. |A cutting-edge illustrated survey of 75 contemporary tattoo artists from around the world who are pushing the boundaries of their art form| Phaidon Editors Alice Snape is a freelance writer, editor, and curator, as well as the founder of Things & Ink magazine. An expert and authority on tattoos, she has appeared on Newsnight, ITV news, and BBC Radio, and is the author of Tattoo Street Style (2018). She has also written about tattoos and niche culture for the Guardian , Condé Nast Traveler , Cosmopolitan , VICE , Total Tattoo , and other prominent publications.

"Wally Johnson and Neville Threlfall re-examine the explosive volcanic eruptions that in 1937-43 killed more than 500 people in the Rabaul area of East New Britain, Papua New Guinea. They reassess this disaster in light of the prodigious amount of new scientific and disaster-management work that has been undertaken there since about 1971, when strong tectonic earthquakes shook the area. Comparisons are made in particular with volcanic eruptions in 1994-2014, when half of Rabaul town was destroyed and then abandoned. A striking feature of historical eruptive periods at Rabaul is the near-simultaneous activity at Vulcan and Tavurvur volcanoes, on either side of Rabaul Harbour. Such rare 'twin' eruptions are interpreted to be the result of a common magma reservoir beneath the harbour. This interpretation has implications for ongoing hazard and risk assessments and for volcano monitoring in the area"--

"Fictional stories have long been imagined to hold an uncanny power over hearts and minds. These days, everybody frets about fiction: according to the National Coalition Against Censorship, the current wave of book bans is the worst since the 1980s, and our cultural debates are consumed by questions about the politics and moral responsibility of storytelling. Can readers and viewers, at any age, be harmed by what they read and see? In Dangerous Fictions, Lyta Gold traces arguments both historical and contemporary that have labeled fiction as dark, immoral, frightening, or poisonous; within each she asks, how "dangerous" is fiction, really? And what about it provokes waves of moral panic and even censorship?"--

The first book-length scholarly study of one of the most influential creators of comics' Bronze Age

This book is a fascinating account of the author's travels through Caffraria in southern Africa. He describes the customs, traditions, and way of life of the tribes living in the region. He also provides historical and topographical information about the area, and discusses the state and prospects of the British in the region. This is a must-read for anyone interested in African history and culture.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Learn about the traditional culture, customs, and way of life of the Navajo people in the Territory of New Mexico in the late 1800s. Through firsthand observations and conversations with Navajo leaders, Jonathan Letherman provides a detailed and fascinating portrait of this unique and storied tribe.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of English surnames, tracing their origins and meanings. Written in a witty and engaging style, the book includes historical and etymological analysis of surnames, as well as humorous anecdotes and examples of unusual or obscure names. Readers interested in genealogy, history, and linguistics will find this book to be a valuable resource and an enjoyable read.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

"How did Roman Republican writers use the metaphor of the body politic to respond to the downfall of the Republic and implementation of sole rule? This book's political approach to Latin literature will appeal broadly to audiences in philology, history, and political thought"--

Insulting Music explores insult in and around music and demonstrates that insult is a key dimension of Western musical experience and practice. There is insult in the music we hear, how we express our musical preferences, as well as our reactions to settings and sites of music and music making. More than that, when music and insult overlap, the effects can both promote social justice or undermine it, foster connection or break it apart. The coming together of music and insult shapes our sense of self and view of other people, underlining and  constructing difference, often in terms of race and gender.  In the last decade, music's power dynamics have become an increasingly important concern for music scholars, critics, and fans. Studying musicians such as Frank Zappa, Nickleback, Taylor Swift, and the Insane Clown Posse, and musical phenomena such as musician jokes, the use of music to torture people, and the playing of music in restaurants, this book shows the various and contradictory ways insults are used to negotiate those existing dynamics in and around music.

This book addresses the Arctic and the northern regions by exploring cold waters and northern seascapes. It focuses on cultural discourses and artistic representations concerning the human experience and imagination of how the Arctic Ocean has been explored and used. It aims to assess what is specific to the northern waters vis-a-vis other sea and water areas in the world. The contextual background is provided by the fundamental shift from terra-based thinking towards aqua-based thinking, including the histories of the northern waters and the innovative ocean studies of the last decades.This book will be of interest to readers in Arctic studies and Sea and Ocean studies (including those with interests in literature, history, cultural and film studies, anthropology and politics), Environmental History and Cultural studies as well as in Russian studies. The book has been assembled with a view towards upper-level undergraduate and post-graduate students and scholars and will also be appropriate for courses in the fields mentioned above. The book will be of interest to specialists working in and with Arctic environmental issues. There is a broad array of international academic networks, environmental, governance and cultural associations outside academia whose members may also find the book of interest.

A l'ère des réseaux sociaux, on n'échange plus des idées: on "partage" des informations et des "contenus". Cette réalité bien concrète, qui peut sembler triviale, recèle en vérité un changement fondamental, qui affecte non seulement notre manière de dialoguer avec nos prochains, mais également notre manière même d'appréhender le monde. En vérité, ce "partage" d'informations ne consiste pas tant à inviter l'autre à faire sienne notre vision du monde, qu'il ne dénote plutôt notre incapacité croissante à échanger des idées de manière authentique.Il y a là une manifestation d'une atteinte sans précédent à notre idée même du savoir et de la vérité. Dans un monde saturé d'information et soumis au bruit incessant des "tweeteurs" et d'autres notifications permanentes, nous ne pouvons non seulement plus nous entendre, mais nous sommes devenus sourds à toute voix extérieure, et parfois à notre propre voix intérieure. Le trop-plein d'informations ne tue pas seulement l'information elle-même, mais il anéantit aussi notre capacité de comprendre le monde.Dans les pages qui suivent, nous avons restreint notre analyse à douze livres qui ont pour point commun de porter sur notre monde un regard à la fois critique et constructif. Les thèmes abordés par les auteurs ici évoqués sont multiples et variés: la "Déconstruction" (P.A. Taguieff), l'idéologie post-moderne (S. Trigano), la technologie (N. Postman), l'Homo numericus (E. Sadin), la manipulation des médias (L. Lurçat) ou encore la science (F. Lurçat), etc. Malgré leur disparité apparente, ils participent pourtant d'un même phénomène - dont ils représentent les multiples facettes - qu'on pourrait définir comme la transformation radicale, ou la mutation de l'identité de l'homme.

One of the first key waves of pulp art created in American cultural history came during the period from 1933 to 1940, when a range of provocative magazines sprang up with exceptionally striking, often startling cover illustrations by some of the most imaginative artists of the time. The most controversial of these publications were those themed around terror-mystery, horror and weird menace fiction, a genre which coalesced in 1933 with the inception of Dime Mystery Magazine.The covers produced for this and similar pulps were mainly centered around images of voluptuous women - scantily clad in ripped dresses and underwear, or even naked - being threatened with torture, mutilation and death by an array of hooded cultists, mad doctors and other deranged psychopaths.VOLUPTUOUS HORRORS 2 collects 100 full-page, full-color weird menace magazine covers from 1937-1940, presenting some of the world's most lurid and often sadistic cover designs from the golden age of pulps.

In exile and migration, the things that forcibly displaced people take with them become mobile testimonies of defiance, mourning, creativity, and rejuvenation. Through a series of scholarly essays and autobiographical vignettes, this richly illustrated volume draws on such observations to examine the meanings that possessions assume when they are wrenched from their original contexts. The contributors to this collection shine an intimate spotlight on those who are driven from their homes by conflict and forced into exile by authoritarian regimes. In so doing, the contributors underscore the necessity for civil societies to support academic freedom and the work done by critical thinkers worldwide.