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Customizing the body the art and culture of tattooing

Title
Customizing the body [electronic resource] : the art and culture of tattooing / Clinton R. Sanders ; with D. Angus Vail.
Author
Sanders, Clinton.
Publication
Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2008.

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Details

Additional Authors
Vail, D. Angus.
Description
1 online resource (xxv, 245 p.) : ill.
Uniform Title
Customizing the body (Online)
Alternative Title
Customizing the body (Online)
Subject
  • Tattooing > Social aspects
  • Tattoo artists
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-237) and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
Introduction : body alteration, artistic production, and the social world of tattooing -- Becoming and being a tattooed person -- The tattooist : tattooing as a career and an occupation -- The tattoo relationship : risk and social control in the studio -- Conclusion : tattooing and the social definition of art -- Epilogue 2008 : body modification then and now / Clinton R. Sanders with D. Angus Vail.
LCCN
2008001837
OCLC
ssj0000134193
Author
Sanders, Clinton.
Title
Customizing the body [electronic resource] : the art and culture of tattooing / Clinton R. Sanders ; with D. Angus Vail.
Imprint
Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2008.
Edition
Rev. and expanded ed.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-237) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Available from home with a valid library card
Available onsite at NYPL
Added Author
Vail, D. Angus.
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