Clinton Sanders, D Angus Vail

Customizing the Body

The Art and Culture of Tattooing

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Temple University Press, U.S.
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. März 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 207mm x 139mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 370g
• ISBN-13: 9781592138883
• ISBN-10: 1592138888
• Artikelnr.: 23311838

Autorenporträt

University of Connecticut

Inhaltsangabe

Preface to the Second Edition
1 Introduction: Body Alteration, Artistic Production, and the Social World of Tattooing
2 Becoming and Being a Tattooed Person
3 The Tattooist: Tattooing as a Career and an Occupation
4 The Tattoo Relationship: Risk and Social Control in the Studio
5 Conclusion: Tattooing and the Social Definition of Art
Epilogue, Clinton R. Sanders with D. Angus Vail Artist Website Index
Methodological Appendix
Notes
References
Bibliography for Preface and Epilogue
Index