Covered in ink : tattoos, women, and the politics of the body / Beverly Yuen Thompson.

Author
Thompson, Beverly Yuen [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
New York : New York University Press, 2015.
Description
pages cm.

Details

Subject(s)
Series
Alternative criminology series
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: becoming covered
  • Sailors, criminals, and prostitutes : the history of a lingering tattoo stigma
  • "I want to be covered" : heavily tattooed women challenge the dominant beauty
  • Culture
  • "I- mom" : family responses toward tattooed women
  • "Covering" work : dress code policies, tattoos, and the law
  • "Is the tattoo guy here?" : women tattoo artists? experience working in a male-
  • Dominated profession
  • Tattoos are not for touching : public space, stigma, and social sanctions
  • Conclusion: toward a tattoo etiquette
  • Notes
  • Index
  • About the author.
ISBN
  • 9780814760000 (cl : alk. paper)
  • 0814760007 (cl : alk. paper)
  • 9780814789209 (pb : alk. paper)
  • 081478920X (pb : alk. paper)
LCCN
2015004163
OCLC
893452349
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