Tattooing has persisted across time and space, often developing across ancient civilizations, even before cross-cultural contact. With the current oldest verified tattoos on the mummified body of Ötzi, the 5,300-year-old Tyrolean Iceman, up to current-day tattooing, a variety of uses and meanings have been ascribed to the practice. A majority of anthropological research has been dedicated towards indigenous tattooing traditions, external perceptions of marked individuals, and tattooing\u27s deviant associations. Only a marginal amount of work has been geared towards the internal perceptions and cultural structuring of tattoos within modern societies, especially in the West. Frequently, a ‘tattoo community\u27 is assumed in both daily conver...
Access to thesis permanently restricted to Ball State community only.The tattooing culture has been ...
Literature on American tattooing appears in varied forms, from the scholarly journals of anthropolog...
In this thesis, I investigate permanence through exploring tattoo consumption in terms of the social...
Tattoos are more popular than they have ever been; however, the history of tattooing is rich and div...
This thesis explores the practice of tattooing and how it has been affected by the globalization of ...
This dissertation explores the increasingly popular practice of tattooing from the perspective of t...
This study is concerned with the ways in which a number of individuals, from diverse socio-cultura...
Tattooing is a practice long associated with social outsiders – sailors, criminals, bikers and women...
Presents a holistic look at the world of tattoo. Covers the history of the practice of tattooing in ...
The purpose of this qualitative phenomenological study was to explore and understand the perceived m...
In the Western world, tattooing began as a mechanism for marking slaves and prisoners in Ancient Gre...
Since its commercialization and rise to popularity in mainstream culture, tattooing has increasingly...
Tattooing is a practice long associated with social outsiders – sailors, criminals, bikers and women...
As one of the most permanent markings of culture etched into human skin, tattooing provides a unique...
The art of tattooing has been around for thousands of years and practiced by many of the world\u27s...
Access to thesis permanently restricted to Ball State community only.The tattooing culture has been ...
Literature on American tattooing appears in varied forms, from the scholarly journals of anthropolog...
In this thesis, I investigate permanence through exploring tattoo consumption in terms of the social...
Tattoos are more popular than they have ever been; however, the history of tattooing is rich and div...
This thesis explores the practice of tattooing and how it has been affected by the globalization of ...
This dissertation explores the increasingly popular practice of tattooing from the perspective of t...
This study is concerned with the ways in which a number of individuals, from diverse socio-cultura...
Tattooing is a practice long associated with social outsiders – sailors, criminals, bikers and women...
Presents a holistic look at the world of tattoo. Covers the history of the practice of tattooing in ...
The purpose of this qualitative phenomenological study was to explore and understand the perceived m...
In the Western world, tattooing began as a mechanism for marking slaves and prisoners in Ancient Gre...
Since its commercialization and rise to popularity in mainstream culture, tattooing has increasingly...
Tattooing is a practice long associated with social outsiders – sailors, criminals, bikers and women...
As one of the most permanent markings of culture etched into human skin, tattooing provides a unique...
The art of tattooing has been around for thousands of years and practiced by many of the world\u27s...
Access to thesis permanently restricted to Ball State community only.The tattooing culture has been ...
Literature on American tattooing appears in varied forms, from the scholarly journals of anthropolog...
In this thesis, I investigate permanence through exploring tattoo consumption in terms of the social...