Customizing The Body: The Art And Culture Of Tattooing

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.

• | By (Author): Clinton Sanders
• | Publisher: Temple University Press,U.S.
• | Publication Date: Mar 19, 2007
• | Country of Publication: United States
• | Number of Pages: 288 pages
• | Language: Not Available
• | Binding: Paperback|Softback
• | ISBN-10: 1592138888
• | ISBN-13: 9781592138883