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Bodies of Subversion: A Secret History of Women and Tattoo | 
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| Author: Margot Mifflin
Publisher: Juno Publishing
Category: Book
List Price: £17.99
Buy New: £7.85
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Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 95811
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 192
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.7
Dimensions (in): 10.9 x 8.5 x 0.6
ISBN: 189045110X
Dewey Decimal Number: 391.65082
EAN: 9781890451103
ASIN: 189045110X
Publication Date: May 17, 2001
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Shipping: International shipping available
Condition: New book. Due to problems with Standard Airmail delivery times from the USA, we have switched to using PRIORITY AIRMAIL ONLY. UK & European delivery is 7-10 days.
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Fascinating and Good Quality. April 10, 2003
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
I bought this book having read the other good reviews on Amazon and I have found it very useful. I am currently writing a creative piece concerning women and tattoos and this book is intelligent, thought-provoking and surprising. It is full of personal stories from women that I have found invaluable for my work. It is particularly strong on the history of women-as-tattooists and is full of good photographs. I would recommend this book to anyone who has any kind of interest in the subject.
An impotant insight into the history of women and tattoo July 8, 2001
12 out of 13 found this review helpful
This is not only one of the best books on tattoo or women, but it is one of the best books I have ever read. As a student I used the book for my dissertation on women and tattoos, and it was so helpful; I haven't found another book on the subject that even comes close. The photos are great too. I agree with Pat Fish in that people do not realise that it is not that there is a surge in women having tattoos, but women are changing their attitudes in showing them. From where women had their tattoos, to how they made women money, this book looks at over 100 years of history. It is so worth buying!
Excellent, fascinating treatise December 22, 2000
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Pat Fish's review is spot-on. It's certainly worth every penny of the price very well written, insightful and interesting, with beautiful, relevant photographs. Go on, buy it!
 Not so subversive January 13, 2000
2 out of 6 found this review helpful
thoughtfull, if rather repetative. Good photos, shame there's no colour though.
An important history of a secret enthusiasm March 18, 1999
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Margot Mifflin's book is an amazingly well-documented and thoroughly acurate telling of the secret history of tattooed women and women tattoo artists in America. I was interviewed extensively for this subject, and throughout the year she was gathering material I watched as Mifflin's knowledge and understanding of her subject matter grew. I believe the women quoted are proud to have been included and I have not heard ONE of my peers complain about the book, either for attitude expressed or factually. Many people feel that tattooing has experienced a huge upsurgence of popularity in the last decade, but until this book most will not have had the perspective to realise just how common it was for your Grandma to have slipped off to get a wicked little something, possibly a secret only she and her husband shared. It is women's willingness to boldly display their tattoos, NOT their enthuisiasm for body art, that has changed.
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