Bodies of inscription: a cultural history of the modern tattoo community

The author shows how tattooing changed from its working class roots to wider acceptance, "from traditional Americana and biker tattoos to new forms using Celtic, tribal, and Japanese images," and explores unexpected connections with other social movements.--Cover

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1. Verfasser: DeMello, Margo (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Durham, NC Duke University Press 2000
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Zusammenfassung:The author shows how tattooing changed from its working class roots to wider acceptance, "from traditional Americana and biker tattoos to new forms using Celtic, tribal, and Japanese images," and explores unexpected connections with other social movements.--Cover
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (pages [207]-217) and index
Finding community: shops, conventions, magazines, and cyberspace -- Cultural roots: the history of tattooing in the West -- Appropriation and transformation: the origins of the renaissance -- Discourse and differentiation: media representation and tattoo organizations -- Creation of meaning I: the new text -- Creation of meaning II: the tattoo narratives
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 222 Seiten) Illustrationen
ISBN:9780822396147
0822396149
DOI:10.1215/9780822396147

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