Customizing the Body: The Art and Culture of Tattooing

Author:   Clinton Sanders ,  D Angus Vail
Publisher:   Temple University Press,U.S.
Edition:   2nd Revised edition
ISBN:  

9781592138883


Pages:   288
Publication Date:   19 March 2007
Format:   Paperback
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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 ""serious"" tattooing becoming an accepted art form. Curiously, despite the greater prevalence of tattoos and body modification in today's 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 new chapter focusing on the changes that have occurred in the tattoo world. A section on the new scholarly literature that has emerged, as well as the new modes of body modification that have come into vogue, are included along with a new gallery of photographs that show some splendid examples of contemporary tattoo art. A directory of artists' websites invites readers to discover the range of work being done around the world from ""suits"" (full body tattoos) to skulls.

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Author:   Clinton Sanders ,  D Angus Vail
Publisher:   Temple University Press,U.S.
Imprint:   Temple University Press,U.S.
Edition:   2nd Revised edition
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 21.00cm
Weight:   0.367kg
ISBN:  

9781592138883


ISBN 10:   1592138888
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   19 March 2007
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Praise for the original edition: This is the most intelligent book available to date on the modern aspects of an increasingly popular form of body decoration. Kirkus Reviews A fascinating and well-written study, one that finely sharpens the distinction between deviance and respectability. Choice The book follows the historical, anthropological and social practices of body modification... This second edition contains a new introduction and an interesting chapter entirely dedicated to the changes which took place over the past ten years in the world of tattoo. A new gallery of images shows some wonderful examples of contemporary tattoos. Tattoo Life Reviewed on the blog Decorative Book Arts on February 21


Praise for the original edition: This is the most intelligent book available to date on the modern aspects of an increasingly popular form of body decoration. Kirkus Reviews A fascinating and well-written study, one that finely sharpens the distinction between deviance and respectability. Choice The book follows the historical, anthropological and social practices of body modification... This second edition contains a new introduction and an interesting chapter entirely dedicated to the changes which took place over the past ten years in the world of tattoo. A new gallery of images shows some wonderful examples of contemporary tattoos. Tattoo Life Reviewed on the blog Decorative Book Arts on February 21


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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 in Salem, OR. He is also co-editor (with Erich Goode) of Extreme Deviance.

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