Acknowledgments
Introduction: becoming covered
Sailors, criminals, and prostitutes : the history of a lingering tattoo stigma
"I want to be covered" : heavily tattooed women challenge the dominant beauty
Culture
"I- mom" : family responses toward tattooed women
"Covering" work : dress code policies, tattoos, and the law
"Is the tattoo guy here?" : women tattoo artists? experience working in a male-
Dominated profession
Tattoos are not for touching : public space, stigma, and social sanctions
Conclusion: toward a tattoo etiquette
Notes
Index
About the author.