Tattoo Chronicles: History Written in InkTattoo Chronicles: History Written in Ink explores the endurance of tattoos as a cultural and personal expression, starting with the indigenous natives and ending with personal stories of individuals and their tattoos. This book shows that ultimately, tattoos are a biographical map steeped in tradition and ritual. |
Contents
Polynesian Tattoos | |
Tattoos Find Their Way to Europe | |
Twentieth Century American Tattoos | |
How Tattoos Came to America | |
The 1990s through Turn of the Century Celebrity Influencers | |
Tattoos Go Mainstream | |
Acceptance | |
The Threads That | |
Tattoo Stories | |
My Story | |
Adam | |
MariahRae | |
New York CityThe Epicenter of Tattoos | |
Tattoos as Performance | |
Women and Tattoos | |
Tattoos Through the Decades | |
The 1930s and Early 1940s Tools of Efficiency | |
World War II Tattoos The Golden Age of Tattoos | |
1950s Tattoos Respond to the Nuclear Threat | |
The Repressed Years of the Early 1960s | |
Growth of Tattoo Culture | |
Late 1960s and the Early 1970sFlower Power | |
Media Influence on Growth The 1980s | |
Laione LP | |
Laura | |
Homar | |
Jeanine | |
Stefanie | |
Jane | |
Douglas | |
Andrea | |
Epilogue | |
Bibliography About the Author | |
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