The consumption of tattoos and tattooing : the body as permanent text

In this thesis, I investigate permanence through exploring tattoo consumption in terms of the social-historical context of being tattooed. The analysis is based on four years of data collection adopting a grounded theory approach. I present an analysis of how permanence occurs in terms of tattoo con...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Follett, John Alan
Other Authors: Goulding, Christina
Published: University of Wolverhampton 2009
Subjects:
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.505853