Bodies of Inscription

Bodies of Inscription
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Publisher : Duke University Press
Total Pages : 260
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ISBN-10 : 0822324679
ISBN-13 : 9780822324676
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Book Synopsis Bodies of Inscription by : Margo DeMello

Download or read book Bodies of Inscription written by Margo DeMello and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An ethnography of the tattoo community, tracing the practice's transformation from a mostly male, working-class phenomenon to one adapted and propagated by a more middle-class movement in the period from the 1970s to the present.


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