@article {310632,
	title = {Marks of Mischief: Becoming and Being Tattooed},
	journal = {Journal of Contemporary Ethnography},
	volume = {16},
	year = {1988},
	pages = {395-432},
	abstract = {<p>Following a general discussion of body alteration practices and a presentation of the history of tattooing in Western culture, this article focuses on the process a person goes through in deciding to be tattooed and the effect of this decision on the tattooee{\textquoteright}s self-definition and social experience. The data are drawn from six years of participant observation in a variety of tattoo settings, 163 structured questionnaires, and 16 lengthy, semistructured interviews with tattooed people. The importance of the tattoo as both a {\textquotedblleft}mark of disaffiliation{\textquotedblright} from conventional society and a symbolic affirmation of personal identity and association is emphasized.</p>
},
	doi = {10.1177/0891241688164001},
	url = {http://jce.sagepub.com/content/16/4/395.abstract},
	author = {Sanders, C. R.}
}
