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In this provocative work full of intriguing female characters from tattoo history; Margot Mifflin makes a persuasive case for the tattooed woman as an emblem of female self-expression. mdash;Susan Faludi Bodies of Subversion is the first history of womenrsquo;s tattoo art; providing a fascinating excursion to a subculture that dates back into the nineteenth-century and includes many never-before-seen photos of tattooed women from the last century. Author Margot Mifflin notes that womenrsquo;s interest in tattoos surged in the suffragist 20s and the feminist 70s. She chronicles: * Breast cancer survivors of the 90s who tattoo their mastectomy scars as an alternative to reconstructive surgery or prosthetics. * The parallel rise of tattooing and cosmetic surgery during the 80s when women tattooists became soul doctors to a nation afflicted with body anxieties. * Maud Wagner; the first known woman tattooist; who in 1904 traded a date with her tattooist husband-to-be for an apprenticeship. * Victorian society women who wore tattoos as custom couture; including Winston Churchillrsquo;s mother; who wore a serpent on her wrist. * Nineteeth-century sideshow attractions who created fantastic abduction tales in which they claimed to have been forcibly tattooed. ldquo;In Bodies of Subversion; Margot Mifflin insightfully chronicles the saga of skin as signage. Through compelling anecdotes and cleverly astute analysis; she shows and tells us new histories about women; tattoos; public pictures; and private parts. Itrsquo;s an indelible account of an indelible piece of cultural history.rdquo; mdash;Barbara Kruger; artist