Introduction 1. Indelible Ink: An Introduction to the Histories, Narratives, and Practices of Tattooing Sinah Theres Kloß Part I: Tattoos as Individual or Communal Body Projects 2. "I Just Want It to Look Pretty": Reproducing Heteronormative Gender Roles Through Tattoo Reality TV: Miami Ink Verena Hutter 3. Identity, Gender Roles, and Tattooing Among Italian Lesbian Women Alessandra Castellani 4. Mi Familia : Latina Women in the US Negotiate Identity and Social Sanctions Through Tattooing Beverly Yuen Thompson Part II: Tattoos and Othering 5. "If Skin Were Parchment.": Tattoos in Antiquity Martin T. Dinter and Astrid Khoo 6.

Marking France's Enemies: Masculinity, Sexuality, and the Tattoo in Revolutionary France Victoria N. Meyer 7. "So Much Magic on Your Flesh": The Ma(r)king of Selves in the TV Series Salem Stephanie Weber 8. The True Life and Adventures of Tattooed Performers: Tattoos, Captivity Narratives, and the Savage in Literature Amelia Klem Osterud Part III: (De-)Colonization, Revitalization, and Cultural Appropriation 9. Indigenous (Re)inscription: Transmission of Cultural Knowledge(s) Through Tattoos as Resistance Pauline Alvarez 10. The Custom of Marking the Body Among the Santals of India Ata Mallick 11. Sacred Skin: Tattooing, Memory, and Identity Among the Naga of India Lars Krutak 12. Chinese Characters on Foreign Bodies: Chinese Character Tattoos and Cultural Appropriation Guy Almog 13.

Skinscape Souvenirs and Globalized Bodies: Tattoo Tourism and Language in East Africa Nico Nassenstein and Maren Rüsch Part IV: Tattoo as Embodied Art 14. Shame Laid Bare: Damien Hirst's Tattoo Work butterfly, divided Ole Wittmann 15. Incompatible Inking Ideologies in the Ancient Greek World Owen Rees 16. Negotiating a Personal Experience: Identity Affirmation of the Horimono Artist Hannah M. Y. Ho.