Tattoos : the untold story of a modern art /

The true history of tattoo as both art and profession in the West. There is a pervasive stereotype of tattoo culture as relating to an underworld of scoundrels, sailors and ne’er-do-wells, yet it has existed in the West as a professionalized art practice for centuries. Drawing on extensive new resea...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Lodder, Matt (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New Haven, Connecticut : Yale University Press, [2024].
Subjects:	Tattooing > History. Tattooing in art. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Customs & Traditions.