Tattoos in American Visual Culture

by Mindy Fenske

Book Overview

In analyses of tattoo contests, advertising, and modern primitive photographs, the book shows how images of tattooed bodies communicate and disrupt notions of gender, class, and exoticism through their discursive performances. Fenske suggests working within dominant discourse to represent and subvert oppressive gender and class evaluations.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0230600271
• ISBN13: 9780230600270
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 201 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"