Parce que les tatouages sont notre histoire

Synopsis of Parce que les tatouages sont notre histoire

«Parce que les tatouages sont notre histoire» is Héloïse Guay de Bellissen's essay on tattooing, published by Robert Laffont in paperback (176 pages, in French).

The author, who has numerous tattoos, reflects on the meaning, aesthetics and scope of this ancestral gesture. She brings together real stories of tattooed people, her own experiences and legends from different eras and places, and gives voice to skin, scar and symbol to explore tattooing as a rite of passage between what is left behind and what one becomes.

Work in French published in 2019 by Robert Laffont. The book has 176 pages in paperback format.

For readers interested in the cultural history of tattooing and narrative non-fiction in French.