Tattooed or Diets Designed for Athletes

Tattooed: The Sociogenesis of a Body Art

Author: Michael Atkinson

Tattoos have become increasingly popular in recent years, especially among young people. While tattooing is used as a symbol of personal identity and social communication, there has been little sociological study of the phenomenon. In Tattooed: The Sociogenesis of a Body Art, tattoo enthusiasts share their stories about their bodies and tattooing experiences. Michael Atkinson shows how enthusiasts negotiate and celebrate their 'difference' as it relates to the social stigma attached to body art - how the act of tattooing is as much a response to the stigma as it is a form of personal expression - and how a generation has appropriated tattooing as its own symbol of inclusiveness. Atkinson further demonstrates how the displaying of tattooed bodies to others - techniques of disclosure, justification, and representation - has become a part of the shared experience.

Cultural sensibilities about tattooing are discussed within historical context and in relation to broader trends in body modification, such as cosmetic surgery, dieting, and piercing. The author also employs research from a number of disciplines, as well as contemporary sociological and postmodern theory to analyse the enduring social significance of body art.

Table of Contents:

	Preface
	Acknowledgments
1	Tattooing as Body Modification	3
2	Tattoo and Sociogenesis	23
3	Academic and Media Representations	51
4	Meeting Tattoo Enthusiasts	69
5	Subculture or Figuration?	91
6	Sociogenesis and Personality Structures	127
7	Life-course Transition and Representation: The Deviance Tightrope	157
8	Shame, Social Control, and Display	207
9	The Body-modification Habits of Canadians	237
	References	267
	Index	289

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Diets Designed for Athletes: How to Combine Foods, Fluids, and Supplements for Maximum Training and Performance

Author: Maryann Karinch

If you're a competitive athlete or coach, then you're well aware of the hype surrounding sport-performance foods and supplements on the market. With so many options available, how do you evaluate performance-enhancing products, choose them wisely, and build them into a program that supports your conditioning and competitive goals?

Diets Designed for Athletes helps you cut through the hype with straightforward guidance on choosing products so that you can avoid wasting money or jeopardizing your health and conditioning. Learn about the pros and cons of sport-performance products available in stores as well as in their natural form. Diets Designed for Athletes tells you what to eat, when to eat it, and why. It gives you sound nutritional advice and the information you need to perform optimally by understanding which supplements will work best for you and your sport.

Don't rely on word-of-mouth advice. Use the accessible, research-based advice in Diets Designed for Athletes to make wiser food investments and to understand when and why dietary supplements make sense. When you integrate the right products into a diet that supports your training, you'll feel the difference and see the results in your performance.

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