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Since the 1980s, tattooing has emerged anew in the United States as a widely appealing cultural, artistic, and social form. This title explains how elite tattooists, magazine editors, and leaders of tattoo organizations have downplayed the working-class roots of tattooing in order to make it more palatable for middle-class consumption.
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Bodies of Inscription, Margo DeMello
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- Released
- 2000
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- Title
- Bodies of Inscription
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Margo DeMello
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Released
- 2000
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 222
- ISBN10
- 0822324679
- ISBN13
- 9780822324676
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Art & Culture, Social Sciences, Historical Themes, History, Art, Anthropology, Popular Culture
- Rating
- 3.7 out of 5
- Description
- Since the 1980s, tattooing has emerged anew in the United States as a widely appealing cultural, artistic, and social form. This title explains how elite tattooists, magazine editors, and leaders of tattoo organizations have downplayed the working-class roots of tattooing in order to make it more palatable for middle-class consumption.