Justin Spring: Secret Historian

The Life and Times of Samuel Steward, Professor, Tattoo Artist, and Sexual Renegade. USA 2014, 478pp., pb, € 24.95
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Drawn from the secret, never-before-seen diaries, journals, and sexual records of the novelist, poet, and university professor Samuel M. Steward, this is the reconstruction of one of the most hidden lives of the 20th century. An intimate friend of Gertrude Stein, Alice B. Toklas, and Thornton Wilder, Steward maintained a secret sex life from childhood on and documented his experiences ... Weiterlesen

Samuel M. Steward: Bad Boys and Tough Tattoos

A Social History of the Tattoo With Gangs, Sailors, and Street-Corner Punks. USA/UK 2008, 204 pp., brochure, € 64.95
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Routledge
Explore the dark subculture of 1950s tattoos! In the early 1950s, when tattoos were the indelible mark of a lowlife, an erudite professor of English - a friend of Gertrude Stein, Thomas Mann, Andre Gide, and Thornton Wilder - abandoned his job to become a tattoo artist (and incidentally a researcher for Alfred Kinsey). »Bad Boys and Tough Tattoos« tells ... Weiterlesen

Jim Gladstone (ed.): Skin & Ink

USA 2005, 253 pp., brochure, € 13.79
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Grab hold of your masterpiece. Tattooed love-boys. Ink-licking leathermen. Technicolored studs. Get ready for a gripping blend of flesh and fantasy in these 22 vibrantly original tales of hot men and tempting tattoos. If you've ever felt the heat of an inky sun rising over the waistband of a shirtless hunk's jeans, if you've ever stared at a cobra coiled ... Weiterlesen