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Tattoo Removal: Three Snapshots
Author(s) -
Phillips Susan A.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
visual anthropology review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.346
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1548-7458
pISSN - 1058-7187
DOI - 10.1111/j.1548-7458.2011.01095.x
Subject(s) - ethnography , snapshot (computer storage) , population , drug addict , addiction , sociology , criminology , gender studies , psychology , demography , anthropology , psychiatry , computer science , operating system
These snapshot essays are based on fieldwork conducted at an E ast L . A . tattoo removal clinic serving a population of former prisoners, ex‐gang members, and recovering drug addicts. The snapshots explore gendered lifeways surrounding these categories and are based on ethnographic accounts of women who seek bodily and social transformation.