Tattoos as body text and tribal identity: a study of Sirawon Tulisen Khating’s “retold by Grandma-Yarla’s Tattoos” and Nidhi Dugar Kundalia’s “The Godna Artists of Jharkhand”
Tattoos are important markers of tribal cultural identity. As embodied texts, they not only reflect a worldview but also become repositories of historical and ontological memory. As carriers of traditions, customs, and beliefs, they manifest the collective identity of the people and guide and bind t...
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Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
2023
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| Online Access: | http://journalarticle.ukm.my/22725/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/22725/1/TT%201.pdf |