{"product_id":"bodies-of-inscription-9780822324676","title":"Bodies of Inscription","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSince 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A fascinating book bursting with penetrating description. DeMello makes a very useful contribution to the literature on these increasingly salient voluntary communities of passion, interest, and identity.”—Gayle Rubin\u003cbr\u003e“The histories of tattoo traditions presented in this book are fascinating and rich. DeMello has many insights into tattoos’ complexity of meaning, brought out in precise ethnographic and historical fashion.”—Kathleen Stewart, author of \u003ci\u003eA Space on the Side of the Road: Cultural Poetics in an “Other” America\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface \u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments \u003cbr\u003e 1. Finding Community\u003cbr\u003eShops, Conventions, Magazines, and Cyberspace \u003cbr\u003e 2. Cultural Roots\u003cbr\u003eThe History of Tattooing in the West \u003cbr\u003e 3. Appropriation and Transformation\u003cbr\u003eThe Origins of the Renaissance \u003cbr\u003e 4. Discourse and Differentiation\u003cbr\u003eMedia Representation and Tattoo Organizations \u003cbr\u003e 5. The Creation of Meaning I\u003cbr\u003eThe New Text \u003cbr\u003e 6. The Creation of Meaning II\u003cbr\u003eThe Tattoo Narratives \u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: The Future of a Movement \u003cbr\u003e Notes \u003cbr\u003e Bibliography \u003cbr\u003e Index","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406024909143,"sku":"9780822324676","price":18.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/bodies-of-inscription-9780822324676","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}