Customizing the Body: The Art and Culture of Tattooing

ISBN-13: 9781592138883 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 288 str.

Clinton Sanders; D. Angus Vail

Opis

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.