Ageing bodies

, 46–50

Art on body, tattoos as

, 27–32

Bacon tattoo

, 36

Classed femininity

, 83–88

Embodying femininity

classed femininity

, 83–88

femininity

, 73

negotiating femininity

, 73–79

tattoo imagery

, 79–83

Embodying pain

, 67–71

Feminine tattoos

, 80–81

Femininity

, 4, 6, 73

classed

, 83–88

negotiating

, 73–79

Feminist research

, 93

Gender

, 6–9

Generational differences in women’s tattoos

, 41–46

Good taste, tattoos

, 33–38

Intersectionality

, 6–9

Meaning of tattooed women

, 57

embodying pain

, 67–71

inscribing meaning on skin

, 57–62

personal narratives with tattoos

, 62–67

Middle-class femininity

, 87

Moral and cautionary tales

, 13–14

Non-feminine tattoos

, 80–81

Normative femininity

, 83

Performativity

, 6–9

Personal narratives with tattoos

, 62–67

Professionalism, construction of

, 50–56

Rules, tattooed women

construction of professionalism

, 50–56

generational differences in women’s tattoos

, 41–46

negotiating ageing bodies

, 46–50

Skilful consumption

, 33–38

Skin, inscribing meaning on

, 57–62

Societal discourses

, 9–10

Tattoo(s)

, 2–3

gender

, 6–9

imagery

, 79–83

intersectionality

, 6–9

performativity

, 6–9

size of

, 4

societal discourses

, 9–10

theorising femininity

, 4–6

visibility and size

, 4

Tattooed bodies

, 90–91

Tattooed bodies in media

as ‘simply’ trend

, 14–16

concept of ‘normal’

, 12

moral and cautionary tales

, 13–14

print media

, 11

as transformative

, 17–20

Tattooed feminine body

good taste and skilful consumption

, 33–38

tattoos as art on body

, 27–32

visibility of tattoos

, 23–27

Tramp stamp

, 49

Transformative potential of tattoos

, 17–20

Visibility of tattoos

, 23–27

Western constructions

, 1

Women’s tattoos

, 41–46