1592138888.Temple.University.Press.Customizing.the.Body.The.Art.and.Culture.of.Tattooing.Mar.2008.pdf

CUSTOMIZING THE BODY

CUSTOMIZING

THE BODY

The Art and Culture

of Tattooing

REVISED AND EXPANDED EDITION

Clinton R. Sanders

with D. Angus Vail

Temple University Press

Philadelphia

Temple University Press

1601 North Broad Street

Philadelphia PA 19122

www.temple.edu/tempress

First edition published 1989

Revised and expanded edition published 2008

Printed in the United States of America

The paper used in this publication meets the requirements of the American National

Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials,

ANSI Z39.48-1992

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Sanders, Clinton.

Customizing the body : the art and culture of tattooing / Clinton R.

Sanders with D. Angus Vail.—Rev. and expanded ed.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN-13: 978-1-59213-887-6 ISBN-10: 1-59213-887-X (cloth : alk. paper)

ISBN-13: 978-1-59213-888-3 ISBN-10: 1-59213-888-8 (pbk. : alk. paper)

1. Tattooing--Social aspects. 2. Tattoo artists. I. Vail, D. Angus. II.

Title.

GT2345.S26 2008

391.6'5--dc22

2008001837

246897531