Saints and sinners: Elite tattoo collectors and tattooists as positive and negative deviants

Sociological Spectrum

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 27-57

  Irwin, Katherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

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EID: 0037233616     PISSN: 02732173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02732170309206     Document Type: Article

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