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Terry Baxter and Libby Coyner-Tsosie, "Stories on Skin: A Librarian's Guide to Tattoos as Personal Archives" (Bloomsbury, 2025)

New Books in Sociology

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Ink and Identity: Tattoos in the Gulag

This chapter examines the role of tattoos within the Soviet Gulag as symbols of identity and hierarchy among prisoners from the 1930s to 1970s. It highlights the evolving significance of these tattoos over time, their function in storytelling, and their impact on personal memory and intergenerational connections.

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