Belief in the symbolic properties of numbers, particularly the number five, is deep-rooted in Chinese culture. In this book, which combines travel, history, myth, and mysticism,... Læs mere
Wrapping in Images is a comparative analysis of tattooing in Polynesia in its original setting. It shows how tattooing played a key role in the social construction of the person in the main Polynesian societies, and provides a new perspective on Polynesian comparative sociology.