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I need to write a 2500 word anthropological essay on Tattooing cross culturally. It should discuss all kinds of body modification in general : tattooing, piercings, painting.... I need proper quotes and citations and they must be real anthropological resources.

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1. Risks Associated with Tattooing and Body Piercing
Ronald L. Braithwaite; Torrance Stephens; Claire Sterk; Kisha Braithwaite
Journal of Public Health Policy, Vol. 20, No. 4. (1999), pp. 459-470.

2. Tattooing Found on a 1600 Year Old Frozen, Mummified Body from St. Lawrence island, Alaska (in Reports)
George S. Smith; Michael R. Zimmerman
American Antiquity, Vol. 40, No. 4. (Oct., 1975), pp. 433-437.

3. The Convict Body: Tattooing Among Male American Prisoners
Margo Demello
Anthropology Today, Vol. 9, No. 6. (Dec., 1993), pp. 10-13.
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4. Tattooing, Gender and Social Stratification in Micro-Polynesia
Per Hage; Frank Harary; Bojka Milicic
The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Vol. 2, No. 2. (Jun., 1996), pp. 335-350.


5. Tattooing and Transfusion-Transmitted Diseases in Brazil: A Hospital-Based Cross-Sectional Matched Study (in Infectious Diseases)
Sérgio de A. Nishioka; T. W. Gyorkos; L. Joseph; J.-P. Collet; J. D. MacLean
European Journal of Epidemiology, Vol. 18, No. 5. (2003), pp. 441-449.

6. Stigma: Tattooing and Branding in Graeco-Roman Antiquity
C. P. Jones
The Journal of Roman Studies, Vol. 77. (1987), pp. 139-155.

7. Siamese Twins and Samoan Tattoos (in Correspondence)
Paul Shankman
Man, New Series, Vol. 7, No. 2. (Jun., 1972), pp. 314-315.

8. 28. Tattooing and Scarification in Tanga
F. L. S. Bell
Man, Vol. 49. (Mar., 1949), pp. 29-31.

9. The Tattoos of Early American Seafarers, 1796-1818
Ira Dye
Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, Vol. 133, No. 4. (Dec., 1989), pp. 520-554.

10. The Relationship of Tattoos to Personality Disorders
Richard S. Post
The Journal of Criminal Law, Criminology, and Police Science, Vol. 59, No. 4. (Dec., 1968), pp. 516-524.

11. Vital Signs: When the Art Is on a Body Part
Myrna Armstrong
The American Journal of Nursing, Vol. 99, No. 6. (Jun., 1999), p. 80.

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