David C. Lane

The Other End of the Needle: Continuity and Change Among Tattoo Workers

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Produktbeschreibung

The Other End of the Needle encourages readers to step into the complex world of tattooists. Through interviews with tattooists, and observations in their shops, Lane challenges us to understand how people collectively create and sustain culture. By asking how people make things, this book shows how tattoos are more than just images on the skin.

Produktdetails

• Inequality at Work: Perspectiv
• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• Seitenzahl: 244
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. November 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 462g
• ISBN-13: 9781978807488
• ISBN-10: 1978807481
• Artikelnr.: 59639591

Autorenporträt

DAVID C. LANE is an assistant professor of sociology in the Department of Criminal Justice Sciences at Illinois State University in Normal.  

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
List of Figures
Figure 1.1: The Stratified World of Tattooing
Figure 7.1: Authenticity of Machine Ownership
List of Tables
Table 4.1: State and Local Tattoo Bans
Introduction: Tattooing for Beginners
1          The Social World of Tattooing                        
2          Organizing Space       
3          Careers of Tattooists   
4          Legal Consciousness among Workers              
5          Ties to Conventional Institutions and Ideas   
6          Sources of Contention                        
7          External Threats and the Maintenance of Boundaries           
Conclusion: Continuity and Change                          
Methodological Appendix
Acknowledgments 
Notes
References      
Index