As someone asked wewantrevolutiongirlstylenow about texts regarding women being discriminated against because of body modification and the list I made was too long to fit in her ask box - here is a list of the texts I found useful for anyone that wants it - most of these are about tattoos & women as my dissertation focused on that but a few are more general & all are worth a read! My dissertation was about the motivations and experiences of tattooed women so a few may have creeped in here that are more about motivations for getting tattooed - I tried to filter those out but they’re all interesting either way!
Atkinson, M. (2003) Tattooed: The Sociogenesis of a Body Art Toronto: University of Toronto Press
Benson, S. (2000) ‘Inscriptions of the Self: Reflections on Tattooing and Piercing in Contemporary Euro-America’ in Caplan, J. (ed.) (2000) Written on the Body – The Tattoo in European and American History Princeton: Princeton University Press pp 234 - 254
Braunberger, C. (2000) ‘Revolting Bodies: The Monster Beauty of Tattooed Women’ NWSA Journal 12 (2) pp 1 – 24
Cahill, S. & Riley, S. (2001) ‘Resistances and Reconciliations: Women and Body Art’ in Guy, A. Green, E. & Banim, M. (eds.) (2001) Through the Wardrobe – Women’s Relationships with their Clothes Oxford: Berg pp 151 - 170
Chapkis, W. (1986) Beauty Secrets: Women and the Politics of Appearance Boston: South End Press (not directly about body mods but makes more general arguments that can be applied)
DeMello, M. (2000) Bodies of Inscription – A cultural history of the modern tattoo community Durham: Duke University Press
Fisher, J. (2002) ‘Tattooing the Body, Marking Culture’ Body and Society 8 (4) pp 91 – 107
Goffman, E. (1963) Stigma – Notes on the Management of A Spoiled Identity London: Penguin (this is not about body modification but Goffman’s theories on stigma are REALLY useful for applying to how people with body mods are treated)
Hawkes, D. Senn, C.Y. & Thom, C. (2004) ‘Factors That Influence Attitudes Toward Women With Tattoos’ Sex Roles 50 (9-10) pp 593 – 604
Holland, S. (2004) Alternative Femininities: Body, Age and Identity Oxford: Berg
Inckle, K. (2007) Writing on the Body – Thinking through Gendered Embodiment and Marked Flesh Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Jeffreys, S. (2000) ‘Body Art and Social Status: Cutting, Tattooing and Piercing from a Feminist Perspective’ Feminism & Psychology 10(4) pp.409-429 (worth a read just for how infuriating her arguments are - this article is an example of prejudice in itself!)
Mifflin, M. (1997) Bodies of Subversion – A Secret History of Women and Tattoo New York: Juno Books (apparently this is quite hard to get hold of but it’s an excellent text on this topic!!)
Osterud, A. (2009) The Tattooed Lady: A History Colorado: Speck Press (also excellent)
Pitts, V. (1999) ‘Body Modification, Self Mutilation & Agency in Media Accounts of a Subculture’ in Featherstone, M. (ed.) (2000) Body Modification London: Sage pp 291 - 304
Pitts, V. (2003) In the Flesh: The Cultural Politics of Body Modification New York: Palgrave Macmillan
Sanders, C. (1989) Customizing the Body – The Art and Culture of Tattooing Philadelphia: Temple University Press
Steward, S. (1990) Bad Boys and Tough Tattoos – A Social History of the Tattoo with Gangs, Sailors, and Street Corner Punks 1950 -1965 London: Harrington Park Press (I have a lot of problems with this text because of the way it presents tattooed women - particularly lesbians - but displays how women have been perceived in the past)
Swami, V. & Furnham, A. (2007) ‘Unattractive, promiscuous and Heavy Drinkers: Perceptions of Women With Tattoos’ Body Image 4 pp 343 – 352
Sweetman, P. (1999a) ‘Only Skin Deep? Tattooing, Piercing and the Transgressive Body’ in Aaron, M. (ed.) (1999) The Body’s Perilous Pleasures: Dangerous Desire and Contemporary Culture Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press pp 165 – 185
Sweetman, P. (1999b) ‘Marked Bodies, Oppositional Identities? Tattooing, Piercing and the Ambiguity of Resistance’ in Roseneil, S. & Seymour, J. (eds.) (1999) Practising Identities, Power and Resistance Hampshire: Macmillan Press pp 55 - 80
Sweetman, P. (1999c) ‘Anchoring the (Postmodern) Self? Body modification, fashion & identity’ Body & Society 5 (2-3) pp 51 – 76
Turner, B. (1999) ‘The possibility of primitiveness: Towards a sociology of body marks in cool societies’ Body & Society 5 (2-3) pp 39 – 50.
Wohlrab, S. Stahl, J. & Kappelar, P. (2007) ‘Modifying the Body: Motivations for Getting Tattooed and Pierced’ Body Image 4 pp 87 – 95
Wojcik, D. (1995) Punk and Neo-Tribal Body Art Jackson: University Press of Mississippi
Enjoy :)
POST DETAILS:
Posted on