Michael Rees

Tattooing in Contemporary Society

Identity and Authenticity

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Produktbeschreibung

Based on interviews and participant observation at tattoo studios and tattoo conventions, this book draws on Norbert Elias' figurational sociology to investigate the reasons for which so many people choose tattooing as a form of body modification in the construction of their identity.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 164
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Dezember 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 422g
• ISBN-13: 9780367271411
• ISBN-10: 0367271419
• Artikelnr.: 62574530

Autorenporträt

Michael Rees is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Wolverhampton, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. The History of Western Tattooing 2. A Review of the Current
Literature and the Case for Figurational Sociology 3. Researching Tattoos
4. A Figurational Understanding of Tattooing 5. From Outsider to
Established: Explaining the Current Popularity and Acceptability of
Tattooing 6. Representing the Self: Deviance and Normality 7. Quests for
Authenticity