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Title: Customizing the Body: The Art and Culture of Tattooing Author(s): Clinton Sanders Pages: 288 Publisher: Temple University Press Publication date: 2008 Language: English Format: PDF ISBN-10: 1592138888 ISBN-13: Description: Review
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
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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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Product Details
* Paperback: 288 pages
* Publisher: Temple University Press; Rev Exp edition (March 28, 2008)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 1592138888
* ISBN-13: 978-1592138883
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