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BODIES OF SUBVERSION HISTORY OF WOMEN & TATTOO (MIFFLIN)
The first history of women?s tattoo art, this book is a fascinating excursion into a subculture that dates back to the 19th century. It includes many never-before-seen photos of tattooed women from the last hundred years. Mifflin notes that women?s interest in tattoos surged in the suffragist ?20s and the feminist ?70s. She chronicles: breast cancer survivors, the parallel rise of tattooing and cosmetic surgery during the ?80s, Maud Wagner, the first known woman tattooist, Victorian society, 19th century sideshow attractions. Black & White. 183 pages.
The first history of women?s tattoo art, this book is a fascinating excursion into a subculture that dates back to the 19th century. It includes many never-before-seen photos of tattooed women from the last hundred years. Mifflin notes that women?s interest in tattoos surged in the suffragist ?20s and the feminist ?70s. She chronicles: breast cancer survivors, the parallel rise of tattooing and cosmetic surgery during the ?80s, Maud Wagner, the first known woman tattooist, Victorian society, 19th century sideshow attractions. Black & White. 183 pages.