| Description |
xi, 220 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction: body alteration, artistic production, and the social world of tattooing -- Becoming and being a tattooed person -- The tattooist: tattooing as a career and an occupation -- The tattoo relationship: risk and social control in the studio -- Conclusion: tattooing and the social definition of art |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages [195]-211 |
| Subject |
Tattoo artists.
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Tattooing -- Social aspects.
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| LC no. |
88009406 |
| ISBN |
0877225753 |
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0877227640 (paperback) |
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