Other End of the Needle: Continuity and Change Among Tattoo Workers - Couverture souple

Lane, David C.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1978807473 ISBN 13 : 9781978807471

Editeur : Rutgers University Press, 2020

Synopsis

The Other End of the Needle demonstrates that tattooing is more complex than simply the tattoos that people wear. Using qualitative data and an accessible writing style, sociologist Dave Lane explains the complexity of tattoo work as a type of social activity. His central argument is that tattooing is a social world, where people must be socialized, manage a system of stratification, create spaces conducive for labor, develop sets of beliefs and values, struggle to retain control over their tools, and contend with changes that in turn affect their labor. Earlier research has examined tattoos and their meanings.

Yet, Lane notes, prior research has focused almost exclusively on the tattoos--the outcome of an intricate social process--and have ignored the significance of tattoo workers themselves. "Tattooists," as Lane dubs them, make decisions, but they work within a social world that constrains and shapes the outcome of their labor--the tattoo. The goal of this book is to help readers understand the world of tattoo work as an intricate and nuanced form of work. Lane ultimately asks new questions about the social processes occurring prior to the tattoo's existence.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

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

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Rutgers University Press
• Date d'édition: 2020
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1978807473
• ISBN 13: 9781978807471
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 244
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