Inked : Tattooed Soldiers and the Song Empire's Penal-Military Complex /

Inked is a social history of common soldiers of the Song Dynasty, most of whom would have been recognized by their tattooed bodies. Overlooked in the historical record, tattoos were an indelible aspect of the Song world, and their ubiquity was tied to the rise of the penal-military complex, a vast s...

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Main Author: Alyagon, Elad (Author)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Massachusetts ; Cambridge : Harvard University Asia Center, 2023.

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Call Number: DS750.74

Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material /
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  • Restricted Access
  • Introduction /
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  • A New Military Hierarchy and the Rise of the Penal-Military Complex /
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  • Dawn of the Age of Tattooing /
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  • A Motley Crew
  • Sources for Military Manpower /
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  • The Human Disassembly Line
  • The Cycle of Service in the Song Military /
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  • The Military Family /
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  • Resistance in the Military
  • Desertion, Mutiny, Deception, Mutilation /
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  • Loyalist Tattoos and Tattooed Generals /
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  • Twilight of the Age of Tattooing /
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  • Conclusion /
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  • Chinese Character List /
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  • Bibliography /
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  • Index /
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