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The Artification of Tattoo: Transformations within a Cultural Field by Kosut, Mary

“…Theorized as a Bourdieusian field, this article examines changes inside the tattoo world resulting in the valuation of certain tattoo practices as art and some…”
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An Ironic Fad: The Commodification and Consumption of Tattoos by KOSUT, MARY

“…America has become a tattooed nation. If one turn on their television, open a magazine, or go see a movie, one will likely encounter a tattooed body. To…”
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Among the colony: Ethnographic fieldwork, urban bees and intra-species mindfulness by Moore, Lisa Jean, Kosut, Mary

“…As a part of a larger ethnographic study of urban beekeepers in New York City, this article considers the challenges of conducting multispecies participant…”
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Visualising charisma: representations of the charismatic touch by Immergut, Matthew, Kosut, Mary

“…Although sociologists regard charisma as a social construct, few studies look at the explicit interactions that create and maintain this type of authority…”
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Mad Artists and Tattooed Perverts: Deviant Discourse and the Social Construction of Cultural Categories by Kosut, Mary

“…American tattoo history confirms that definitions of deviancy are always in flux. Until the last two decades of the twentieth century, academics recognized…”
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Professorial Capital: Blue-Collar Reflections on Class, Culture, and the Academy by Kosut, Mary

“…Merging theory with autoethnographic reflections, the author critically explores the relationship between social class and the reproduction of inequality…”
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Bees Making Art: Insect Aesthetics and the Ecological Moment by Kosut, Mary, Moore, Lisa Jean

“…In many cultural fields honeybees reveal themselves as a highly generative species; one that humans have become dependent on.  Within the backdrop of Colony…”
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Bees Making Art by Mary Kosut, Lisa Jean Moore

“…In many cultural fields honeybees reveal themselves as a highly generative species; one that humans have become dependent on.  Within the backdrop of Colony…”
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Professorial Capital: Blue-Collar Reflections on Class, Culture, and the Academy by Kosut, Mary

“…Merging theory with autoethnographic reflections, the author critically explores the relationship between social class & the reproduction of inequality within…”
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Tattoo Narratives: The intersection of the body, self-identity and society by Kosut, Mary

“…Drawing upon Frank's (1995) discussion of the personal and social aspects of embodied storytelling, this paper considers the tattoo as a form of visual…”
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The art of tattoo: From outsider culture to institutionalization by Kosut, Mary

“…Previously regarded as a deviant practice, tattoo has recently been recognized as a quasi-legitimate art form. This dissertation examines the process of how…”
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Buzz: urban beekeeping and the power of the bee by Nimmo, Richie, Moore, Lisa Jean, Kosut, Mary

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