Bodies of inscription : a cultural history of the modern tattoo community / Margo DeMello.

Durham, NC : Duke University Press, 2000.

xiv, 222 pages 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-217) and index.

Finding community: shops, conventions, magazines, and cyberspace -- Cultural roots: the history of tattooing in the West -- Appropriation and transformation: the origins of the renaissance -- Discourse and differentiation: media representation and tattoo organizations -- Creation of meaning I: the new text -- Creation of meaning II: the tattoo narratives.