Final Paper!!

Subculture:
Body modifiers (piercing and tattoos)

Sources:
Baumann, Leslie. Cosmetic Dermatology: Principles and Practice. McGraw-Hill Professional, 2002. 14 Mar. 2008 .

Featherstone, Mike. Body Modification. Sage Publications Inc, 2000. 14 Mar. 2008 .

Greif, Judith, Walter Hewitt, and Myrna L. Armstrong. "Tattooing and Body Piercing: Body Art Practices Among College Students." Sage Journals Online 8 (2009). 14 Mar.
2008 .

Pitts, Victoria. In the Flesh: the Cultural Politics of Body Modification. Palgrave Macmillan, 2003. 14 Mar. 2008 .

Sanders, Clinton. Customizing the Body: the Art and Culture of Tattooing. Temple UP, 1989. 14 Mar. 2008 .

Reflection:
Reading a couple of paragraphs from "Cosmetic Dermatology: Principles and Practice" got me really interested in writing about the subculture of body modifiers. I knew I had to narrow the topic down in order to write an efficient paper about it so, as I continued to read, I decided that I wanted to specifically write about why people tattoo and pierce themselves, the psychological reasoning behind it.
Then, I checked out the sources that the author used and looked up some of them. That lead to more sources for myself and now I think I am ready to begin the research and writing process.