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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]



Descript 1 online resource (vii, 207 pages)
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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.
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ISBN 9780814785997 (electronic bk.)
0814785999 (electronic bk.)
9780814760000
0814760007
9780814789209
081478920X
Standard # 10.18574/9780814785997. doi
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Author Thompson, Beverly Yuen, author.
Series Alternative criminology series
Alternative criminology series.
Subject Women -- Psychology.
Tattooing -- Social aspects.
Body image in women.
Descript 1 online resource (vii, 207 pages)
Content text txt
Media computer c
Carrier online resource cr
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.
Note English.
ISBN 9780814785997 (electronic bk.)
0814785999 (electronic bk.)
9780814760000
0814760007
9780814789209
081478920X
Standard # 10.18574/9780814785997. doi
Author Thompson, Beverly Yuen, author.
Series Alternative criminology series
Alternative criminology series.
Subject Women -- Psychology.
Tattooing -- Social aspects.
Body image in women.

Subject Women -- Psychology.
Tattooing -- Social aspects.
Body image in women.
Descript 1 online resource (vii, 207 pages)
Content text txt
Media computer c
Carrier online resource cr
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.
Note English.
ISBN 9780814785997 (electronic bk.)
0814785999 (electronic bk.)
9780814760000
0814760007
9780814789209
081478920X
Standard # 10.18574/9780814785997. doi

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