Fwd: Russian Criminal Tattoos

[Alexandra Smith]

Dear George,

There are 2 excellent articles on tattoos that might be of use to your  
students:
1.  Condee, Nancy. "Body Graphics: Tattooing the Fall of Communism",  
in Barker, Adele marie, editor. Consuming Russia: Popular Culture,  
Sex, and Society Since Gorbachev, Durham/London: Duke University  
Press, 1999, pp.339-361.
2. Goscilo, Helena. "Post-ing the Soviet Body as Tabula Phrasa and  
Spectacle:, in A. Schönle, editor. Lotman and Cultural Studies:  
Encounters and Extensions,wisconsin: Wisconsin University Press,2006,  
pp.248- 298.
There is a short programme on Russian criminal tattoos that explains  
some symbols:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3t_iwgq6HQ

All best,
Alexandra


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Alexandra Smith (PhD, University of London)
Reader in Russian Studies
Department of European Languages and Cultures
School of  Languages, Literatures and Cultures
The University of Edinburgh
David Hume Tower
George Square
Edinburgh EH8 9JX
UK

tel. +44-(0)131-6511381
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e-mail: Alexandra.Smith at ed.ac.uk




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