Customizing the Body: The Art and Culture of Tattooing

by Clinton Sanders (Author), Angus Vail (Author), Clinton Sanders (Author)

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  Illustrated
  2008

  $28.30

  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.