Table of Contents

Preface to the Revised and Expanded Edition     vii
Preface to the First Edition     xxi
Introduction: Body Alteration, Artistic Production, and the Social World of Tattooing     1
Becoming and Being a Tattooed Person     36
The Tattooist: Tattooing as a Career and an Occupation     62
The Tattoo Relationship: Risk and Social Control in the Studio     117
Conclusion: Tattooing and the Social Definition of Art     149
Epilogue 2008: Body Modification Then and Now   Clinton R. Sanders   D. Angus Vail     164
Methodological Appendix     189
Selected Tattoo Artist Websites     203
Notes     205
References     221
Index     239