Concepedia

Why do People get Tattoos?

Miliann Kang, Katherine Jones

Contexts · 2007 · 64 citations · 5 references

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Concepts

CultureSocial IdentitySymbolic InteractionSocial PsychologyIntersectionalityPopular PerceptionsDermatoglyphicSocial CategorizationSymbol UseSocial SciencesDiverse GroupsSocial Identity TheoryIndividual MeaningsSocial CognitionPsychology

Abstract

As increasingly diverse groups of people get tattoos, popular perceptions are often out of synch with the individual meanings behind them.

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