![]() Covered Women’s main objective is to present the experience of heavily tattooed women: their love of ink, their imagery selection, their experiences of prejudice from strangers, family, employers, and impacts of media representations. Covered Women describes the contemporary American tattooing community, women’s tattoo narratives, social reactions, provides historical balance, and includes stunning photographs. While there are books and academic articles on the practice of tattooing, these writings cover limited and stereotypical areas: indigenous cultures’ use of body modification, criminal and gang related tattooing, psychological disorder literature, photography books, and the history of men in tattooing. Covered Women will appeal to a mainstream audience captivated by tattoo culture, students, social scientists, and the curious. ![]() Covered Women: Navigating the Social Stigma of Ink goes beyond the superficiality of reality television and describes the experiences and social context of heavily tattooed women via empirical sociological research. According to tattooists, women now comprise over fifty percent of all clientele! While Miami Ink and LA Ink are making the tattooing experience assessable to the public, the tattoo community reminds us that it is still television, with all its misrepresentations, distortions, and exclusions. ![]() And more people than ever are getting tattoos-especially women. Reality television and the fashion industry have immersed the mainstream American living room into tattoo culture. Tattoos are now considered mainstream, with an estimated twenty-five to thirty percent of all adults having at least one. ![]()
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