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Customizing the body : the art and culture of tattooing /

Sanders, Clinton.

Customizing the body : the art and culture of tattooing / Clinton R. Sanders ; with D. Angus Vail. - Rev. and expanded ed. - Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2008. - xxv, 245 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-237) and index.

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 -- Epilogue 2008 : body modification then and now / Clinton R. Sanders with D. Angus Vail.

9781592138876 (cloth : alk. paper) 9781592138883 (pbk. : alk. paper) 159213887X (cloth : alk. paper) 1592138888 (pbk. : alk. paper)

2008001837

GBA857176 bnb

014590024 Uk


Tattooing--Social aspects.
Tattoo artists.

GT2345 / .S26 2008

391.6/5

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