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Guide to the Chicano Tattoo Body Art Collection
CEMA 98
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Title: Chicano Tattoo Body Art Collection
Identifier/Call Number: CEMA 98
Contributing Institution:
University of California, Santa Barbara, Davidson Library, Department of Special Collections, California Ethnic and Multicultural
Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
0.2 linear feet
1 half-size document box
Date: ca. 1970s
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
No known provenance
Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or
quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given
on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply
permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.
Collection processed by Michelle Wilder, May 24, 2004
This collection began with the acquisition of a set of 71 slides (the photographer is unknown) that suggest a possible ethnocentric
study on gang life in San Gabriel Valley, California. Included in the slides are images of tattoos and tattooing, as well
as images of picnics, confrontations with police, graffiti, and group shots. Also included in the collection is an article
from the
San Diego Union-Tribune on the meaning of tattoos and tattooing.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Body piercing
Mexican American youth -- California -- San Gabriel River Valley -- Social life and customs
Tattooing -- Social aspects -- United States -- History
Tattooing in art