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- catalog abstract ""Tattoos have become increasingly popular in recent years, especially among young people. While tattooing is used as a symbol of personal identity and social communication, there has been little sociological study of the phenomenon. In Tattooed: The Sociogenesis of a Body Art, tattoo enthusiasts share their stories about their bodies and tattooing experiences. Michael Atkinson shows how enthusiasts negotiate and celebrate their 'difference' as it relates to the social stigma attached to body art - how the act of tattooing is as much a response to the stigma as it is a form of personal expression - and how a generation has appropriated tattooing as its own symbol of inclusiveness. Atkinson further demonstrates how the displaying of tattooed bodies to others - techniques of disclosure, justification, and representation - has become a part of the shared experience." "Cultural sensibilities about tattooing are discussed within historical context and in relation to broader trends in body modification, such as cosmetic surgery, dieting, and piercing. The author also employs research from a number of disciplines, as well as contemporary sociological and postmodern theory, to analyze the enduring social significance of body art."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12896252.
- catalog created "c2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "c2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2003.".
- catalog description ""Tattoos have become increasingly popular in recent years, especially among young people. While tattooing is used as a symbol of personal identity and social communication, there has been little sociological study of the phenomenon. In Tattooed: The Sociogenesis of a Body Art, tattoo enthusiasts share their stories about their bodies and tattooing experiences. Michael Atkinson shows how enthusiasts negotiate and celebrate their 'difference' as it relates to the social stigma attached to body art - how the act of tattooing is as much a response to the stigma as it is a form of personal expression - and how a generation has appropriated tattooing as its own symbol of inclusiveness. Atkinson further demonstrates how the displaying of tattooed bodies to others - techniques of disclosure, justification, and representation - has become a part of the shared experience." "Cultural sensibilities about tattooing are discussed within historical context and in relation to broader trends in body modification, such as cosmetic surgery, dieting, and piercing. The author also employs research from a number of disciplines, as well as contemporary sociological and postmodern theory, to analyze the enduring social significance of body art."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-288) and index.".
- catalog description "Tattooing as body modification -- Tattoo and sociogenesis -- Academic and media representations -- Meeting tattoo enthusiasts -- Subculture or figuration? -- Sociogenesis and personality structures -- Life-course transition and representation : the deviance tightrope -- Shame, social control, and display -- The body-modification habits of Canadians.".
- catalog extent "xi, 292 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0802085687 (paper : alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "0802087779 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "9780802087775".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "c2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press,".
- catalog subject "391.6/5 22".
- catalog subject "Body image.".
- catalog subject "Body marking Philosophy.".
- catalog subject "GN419.3 .A75 2003".
- catalog subject "Human body Symbolic aspects.".
- catalog subject "Sociale aspecten. gtt".
- catalog subject "Tatoeage. gtt".
- catalog subject "Tatouage Aspect social.".
- catalog subject "Tattooing.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Tattooing as body modification -- Tattoo and sociogenesis -- Academic and media representations -- Meeting tattoo enthusiasts -- Subculture or figuration? -- Sociogenesis and personality structures -- Life-course transition and representation : the deviance tightrope -- Shame, social control, and display -- The body-modification habits of Canadians.".
- catalog title "Tattooed : the sociogenesis of a body art / Michael Atkinson.".
- catalog type "text".