Attitudes toward tattooed people : living with tramp stamps, sinking ships and symbolic communication, 2007

Item — Call Number: MU Thesis DeN

Identifier: b2271226

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Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The collection consists of theses written by students enrolled in the Monmouth University graduate Communication program. The holdings are bound print documents that were submitted in partial fulfillment of requirements for the Master of Arts degree.

Dates

Creation: 2007

Creator

DeNardo, Colette J. (Author, Person)
Novek, Eleanor (Thesis advisor, Person)

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research use. Access is by appointment only.

Access to the collection is confined to the Monmouth University Library and is subject to patron policies approved by the Monmouth University Library.

Collection holdings may not be borrowed through interlibrary loan.

Research appointments are scheduled by the Monmouth University Library Archives Collections Manager (723-923-4526). A minimum of three days advance notice is required to arrange a research appointment for access to the collection.

Patrons must complete a Researcher Registration Form and provide appropriate identification to gain access to the collection holdings. Copies of these documents will be kept on file at the Monmouth University Library.

Extent

1 Items (print book) : 35 pages ; 8.5 x 11.0 inches (28 cm).

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Introduction [excerpt]

This study examined how onlookers formed an impression of a tattooed person. The attitudes to be examined is [sic] that tattooed people are of low class and credibility, uneducated, deviants, convicts, members of biker gangs, sexually promiscuous, and unattractive (Armstrong, 1991; DeMello, 1995; Sanders, 1988). The goal is to demonstrate that tattoos should be studied as visual texts in the communication field due to the lack of scholarly research available. Information can be obtained from the fields of nursing, psychology, gender roles and sociology but little research is dedicated to the subject of tattoos in communication. This exploratory study will look to identify the meanings tattoos relay to onlookers, intentional or not, and the assumptions formed about the wearer receives [sic] as a result.