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Russian Criminal Tattoo Encyclopaedia Volume III
Hardback
Main Details
Title |
Russian Criminal Tattoo Encyclopaedia Volume III
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) FUEL
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Physical Properties |
Format:Hardback | Pages:400 | Dimensions(mm): Height 200,Width 118 |
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Category/Genre | Body art and tattooing |
ISBN/Barcode |
9780955006197
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Classifications | Dewey:391.650947 |
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Illustrations |
Illustrated in black and white throughout
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
FUEL Publishing
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Imprint |
FUEL Publishing
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Publication Date |
20 October 2008 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
This final volume of previously unpublished drawings and photographs completes the Russian Criminal Tattoo Encyclopadia trilogy. Danzig Baldaev's unparalleled ethnographic achievement, documenting over 3,000 tattoo drawings, was made during a lifetime working as a prison guard. The motifs depicted represent the uncensored lives of the criminal classes, ranging from violence and pornography to politics and alcohol. A medieval knight is surrounded by the severed heads of his enemies, a naked woman simultaneously services a man and two dwarfs, a crying President Gorbachev grips a human bone between sabre-like fangs, a group of angels drinks vodka with God on a cloud - the meanings of these arresting images are explained to the uninitiated eye. Accompanied by graphic photographs showing the grim reality of the Russian prison system and some of the alarming characters that inhabit it, the illustrated criminals of Russia tell the tale of their closed society.
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