Covered in ink : tattoos, women, and the politics of the body /

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"Once associated with gang members, criminals, and sailors, tattoos are now mainstream. An estimated twenty percent of all adults have at east one, and women are increasingly getting tattoos and are now more likely than men to have one. But many of the tattoos that women get are gender-appropri...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Thompson, Beverly Yuen (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : New York University Press, [2015]
Colección:Alternative criminology series.
Temas:
Women > Psychology.
Tattooing > Social aspects.
Body image in women.
Femmes > Psychologie.
Tatouage > Aspect social.
Image du corps chez la femme.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Body image in women
Tattooing > Social aspects
Women > Psychology
Frau
Tätowierung
Subkultur
USA
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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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