What is it about?
It's okay for men to be heavily tattooed. Current research indicates women are becoming more heavily tattooed. Learn how they negotiate rigid and evolving social norms, work, family, and self.
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Why is it important?
Institutions of work and society must adapt to the changing presentation of self in society if they want access to the best possible employees. For mothers that want to understand how to have a more meaningful relationship with their daughters will benefit from reading how familial expectations influence attitudes of adult daughters with tattoos.
Perspectives
Popular media has expanded the acceptance of heavily tattooed people - both male and female. This book review highlights the history of culture, tattoos and how the art of tattooing has been nearly lost and is now enjoying a resurgence of pride and practice.
Dr Dian Jordan
University of Texas of The Permian Basin
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This page is a summary of: Covered in Ink: Tattoos, Women, and the Politics of the Body, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, September 2016, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/0094306116664524xx.
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