Asian Ethnology 80-2 Fertile Tattoos Play, Embodiment, and the Transition to Womanhood in Drung Female Facial Tattooing
Drung (Dulong/T’rung) tattoo body femininity fertility reproduction This article examines the tradition of facial tattooing among Drung women in Yunnan province, China. Now obsolete, the practice of female tattooing—by puncturing the skin, causing blee…