Communicative skin: marginalization, transformative identity and forced tattoo narratives in Joyce Carol Oates’ The Tattooed Girl
Discourses on tattoos often emphasize self-assertion and individual expression. However, the phenomenon of “forced tattooing”—the imposition of tattoos without the tattooee’s deliberate consent—often remains overlooked despite its role in communicating complex narratives to those who behold them (Os...
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Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
2025
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| Online Access: | http://journalarticle.ukm.my/25455/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/25455/1/T%209.pdf |