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Covered in ink : tattoos, women, and the politics of the body
- Title
- Covered in ink : tattoos, women, and the politics of the body / Beverly Yuen Thompson.
- Author
- Thompson, Beverly Yuen
- Publication
- New York : New York University Press, [2015]
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- Description
- vii, 207 pages; 24 cm.
- Series Statement
- Alternative criminology series
- Uniform Title
- Alternative criminology series.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- 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.
- Call Number
- ReCAP 15-22876
- ISBN
- 9780814760000
- 0814760007
- 9780814789209
- 081478920X
- LCCN
- 2015004163
- OCLC
- 893452349
- Author
- Thompson, Beverly Yuen, author.
- Title
- Covered in ink : tattoos, women, and the politics of the body / Beverly Yuen Thompson.
- Publisher
- New York : New York University Press, [2015]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Alternative criminology seriesAlternative criminology series.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- ReCAP 15-22876