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Customizing the Body: The Art and Culture of Tattooing
Clinton Sanders
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Description for Customizing the Body: The Art and Culture of Tattooing
Paperback. Analyses tattoos as art, work, decoration and defiance. This title covers the history, anthropology, and sociology of body modification practices; the occupational experience of the tattooist; the process and social consequences of becoming a tattooed person; and, the prospects of "serious" tattooing becoming an accepted art form. Num Pages: 288 pages, 5 line art, 12 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 143 x 208 x 19. Weight in Grams: 328.
Originally published in 1989, this ground-breaking ethnographic exploration of tattooing-and the art world surrounding it-covers the history, anthropology and sociology of body modification practices; the occupational experience of the tattooist; the process and social consequences of becoming a tattooed person; and the prospects of \u0022serious\u0022 tattooing becoming an accepted art form. Curiously, despite the greater prevalence of tattoos and body modification in today\u2019s society, there is still a stigma of deviance associated with people who get or ink tattoos. Retaining the core of the original book, this revised and expanded edition offers a new preface by the author and a ... Read more
Originally published in 1989, this ground-breaking ethnographic exploration of tattooing-and the art world surrounding it-covers the history, anthropology and sociology of body modification practices; the occupational experience of the tattooist; the process and social consequences of becoming a tattooed person; and the prospects of \u0022serious\u0022 tattooing becoming an accepted art form. Curiously, despite the greater prevalence of tattoos and body modification in today\u2019s society, there is still a stigma of deviance associated with people who get or ink tattoos. Retaining the core of the original book, this revised and expanded edition offers a new preface by the author and a ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Temple University Press
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Weight
328g
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Philadelphia PA, United States
ISBN
9781592138883
SKU
V9781592138883
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About Clinton Sanders
Clinton R. Sanders is a Professor in the Sociology Department at the University of Connecticut. His most recent book isUnderstanding Dogs: Living and Working with Canine Companions (Temple), which received the Charles Horton Cooley Award given by the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction. D. Angus Vail is Associate Professor of Sociology at Willamette University ... Read more
Reviews for Customizing the Body: The Art and Culture of Tattooing
Praise for the first edition: A fascinating and well-written study, one that finely sharpens the distinction between deviance and respectability. -Choice Praise for the first edition: [This is the most intelligent book available to date on the modern aspects of an increasingly popular form of ... Read more