Tattooing and civilizing processes: Body modification as self-control

Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 125-146

  Atkinson, Michael ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-618x.2004.tb02173.x     Document Type: Review

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