Etched in flesh.

The article explores tattooing especially among Chin women as a deeply cultural, communicative, and memory-preserving practice that goes beyond aesthetics, functioning as identity, ritual, and a response to trauma. Topics include Indigenous tattooing as a system of knowledge transmission, tattoos as...

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Publicado en:Christian Century Vol. 143; no. 4; pp. 56 - 61
Autor principal: Toler, Adam
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Christian Century Apr2026
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