Tattooing in Contemporary Society Identity and Authenticity
Tattooing has become an increasingly popular phenomenon in the twenty first century, with growing numbers of sports stars and celebrities choosing to go ?under the needle? and tattooing regularly featuring in mainstream media. Based on interviews and participant observation at tattoo studios and tattoo conventions, this book investigates the reasons why so many people choose this form of body modification among all the options available to construct their identity. Drawing on Norbert Elias? figurational sociology, the author considers the importance of the desire to create community with others and to claim an authentic identity among the various reasons for choosing to be tattooed. A study of the connection between body and identity, richly illustrated with empirical material, this book will appeal to sociologists and scholars of cultural studies.
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
Michael Rees is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Wolverhampton, UK.
Date de parution : 09-2023
15.6x23.4 cm
Date de parution : 12-2021
15.6x23.4 cm
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Mots-clés :
Contemporary Society; identity; Corporeal Alteration; authenticity; Tattoo Artists; the body; Tattooing Practices; body modification; Tattoo Renaissance; tattooing; Tattoo Convention; tattoos; Figurational Sociology; community; Atkinson 2003a; Norbert Elias; Elias’s Figurational Sociology; Tattoo Studios; cultural studies; Tattoo Styles; cultural sociology; Contemporary Tattooing; observation; Body Projects; embodiment; Tattoo Coverage; sociology; Modern Primitivism; Modern Primitives; Tummy Tucks; Grand Theft Auto; Fox Hunts; Subcultural Theory; Tv Programme; Authentic Identities; Tattoo Machine; Prison Tattooing