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Covered in ink : tattoos, women, and the politics of the body / Beverly Yuen Thompson.
Author
Thompson, Beverly Yuen
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Format
Book
Language
English
Published/Created
New York : New York University Press, [2015]
Description
vii, 207 pages ; 24 cm.
Details
Subject(s)
Women
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Psychology
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Tattooing
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Social aspects
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Body image in women
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Series
Alternative criminology series.
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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.
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ISBN
9780814760000 (hardcover : alkaline paper)
0814760007 (hardcover : alkaline paper)
9780814789209 (paperback : alkaline paper)
081478920X (paperback : alkaline paper)
LCCN
2015004163
OCLC
893452349
RCP
N - S
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Covered in Ink [electronic resource] : Tattoos, Women and the Politics of the Body.
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Covered in ink : tattoos, women, and the politics of the body / Beverly Yuen Thompson.
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