List of a Few Articles and Books

May 21, 2026

The Following links and articles speak to a part of the tattoo process itself.

Stories and Ink

This is a great article discussing getting tattooed.

Ink Therapy

Memorial Tattoos

A formal, academic study of people getting a tattoo memorializing a loved one.

Memorial Tattoos

Tattoos and Ownership of Body and Story

An article about chronic pain and getting tattooed.

Body and Story

Tattoo as Therapeutic Experience

An overview of the overall experience.

Tattoo as Therapeutic Experience

Tattoo as Very Traumatic Experience

On the other side of the spectrum, is a sub-culture within a sub-culture.

Tattoo as Very Traumatic Experience

What's hot now.

Current Tattoo Trends

Tattoo Hunter: Lars Krutak

Cross-cultural anthropological look at Tattooing and Tattoos.

The Tattoo Hunter

Bodies of Subversion: Margot Mifflin

Broad study with Photos of the History of Women and Tattooing.

History of Women and Tattoos