Description
| Product ID: | 9781592138883 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | US |
| Title: | Customizing the Body |
| Subtitle: | The Art and Culture of Tattooing |
| Authors: | Author: Clinton Sanders, D Angus Vail |
| Page Count: | 288 |
| Subjects: | Cultural studies: dress and society, Fashion & society |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating 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. |
| Imprint Name: | Temple University Press,U.S. |
| Publisher Name: | Temple University Press,U.S. |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2007-03-19 |
