Navigating Tattooed Women's Bodies: Intersections of Class and Gender

This book explores how we understand tattooed womens bodies in the UK through the lens of gender and class, unpacking themes such as how femininity is embodied and how unwritten rules are broken or followed. It demonstrates how meaning is key to our understanding of female body art, and how traditional constructions of femininity are conformed to and resisted against.

\n Format: Hardback
\n Length: 128 pages
\n Publication date: 01 October 2021
\n Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited
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Although tattoos have become increasingly accessible to us, there are still areas where they are not accepted or even frowned upon. Looking at the UK, where media discourses often portray tattooed women negatively when discussing their own bodies, this book explores how we understand tattooed women's bodies in the UK through the lens of gender and class. Unpacking themes that focus on how femininity is embodied and how unwritten rules are broken or followed, Charlotte Dann demonstrates how meaning is crucial to our understanding of female body art. By drawing our attention to how traditional constructions of femininity are conformed to and resisted against, Dann positions media discourses of trends, regret, and transformation alongside tattooed women's own thoughts about their tattoos. The chapters reveal how tattoos relate to the embodiment or resistance of femininity, where the body plays a complex role in care, community, and families. Delving into societal norms about what women should and should not do with their bodies, particularly in motherhood, employment, and consumption, Dann demonstrates how meaning-making is critical to how women's tattooed bodies are understood and how personal narratives take center stage in justifying tattoos. Providing a fuller understanding of the nuances particular to tattooed women, this book equips readers to reconstruct how we theorize femininity and the body.

\n Weight: 238g\n
Dimension: 158 x 289 x 13 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9781839098314\n \n