{"product_id":"the-social-semiotics-of-tattoos-skin-and-self-paperback","title":"The Social Semiotics of Tattoos: Skin and Self - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChris William Martin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003ePaul Bouissac\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy do people put indelible marks on their bodies in an era characterized by constant cultural change? How do tattoos as semiotic resources convey meaning? What goes on behind the scenes in a tattoo studio? How do people negotiate the informal career of tattoo artist? \u003ci\u003eThe Social Semiotics of Tattoos\u003c\/i\u003e is a study of tattoos and tattooing at a time when the practice is more artistic, culturally relevant, and common than ever before. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy discussing shifts within the practices of tattooing over the past several decades, Martin chronicles the cultural turn in which tattooists have become known as tattoo artists, the tattoo gun turns into the tattoo machine, and standardized tattoo designs are replaced by highly expressive and unique forms of communication with a language of its own. Revealing the full range of meaning-making involved in the visual, written and spoken elements of the act, this volume frames tattoos and tattooing as powerful cultural expressions, symbols, and indexes and by doing so sheds the last hints of tattooing as a deviant practice. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBased on a year of full-time ethnographic study of a tattoo studio\/art gallery as well as in-depth interviews with tattoo artists and enthusiasts, \u003ci\u003eThe Social Semiotics of Tattoos\u003c\/i\u003e will be of interest to academic researchers of semiotics as well as tattoo industry professional and artists.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChris William Martin\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Social Sciences at Algonquin College, Canada.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.46 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 25, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47457927495933,"sku":"9781350169067","price":91.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/akg4anJ3aEJPUTFaYVdmZHBDT2c5Zz09.webp?v=1777248902","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/the-social-semiotics-of-tattoos-skin-and-self-paperback","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}