Source Analysis

James Hungerford
Christy Vance
English 102
February 21, 2011
Source Analysis


Chafkin, Max. "KING INK. (Cover story)." Inc 29.11 (2007): 98-108. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. Web. 21 Feb. 2011.

I choose this Article because it is about a extremely successful tattoo artist Mario Barth. He owns 4 tattoo parlors in northern New Jersey. Barth is also a extremely gifted artist when I comes to giving tattoos. Some of his clients where Lenny Kravitz, Ja Rule, and members of my chemical Romance and Diehl and Jason Kidd. This will give me some insight on owning a business while also being an artist. This is exactly what I want to find out, the artists opinion and this article is just that.

Irwin, Katherine. "SAINTS AND SINNERS: ELITE TATTOO COLLECTORS AND TATTOOISTS AS POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE DEVIANTS." Sociological Spe ctrum 23.1 (2003): 27. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. Web. 21 Feb. 2011.

This article tries to separate people into different categories within the tattoo subculture. I want to use this to find out exactly what the different categories are that people are labeled into. I also picked this article because it talks about the discrimination that this subculture is subjected to. I plan to touch on this issue in my essay.

Kosut, Mary. "An Ironic Fad: The Commodification and Consumption of Tattoos." Journal of Popular Culture 39.6 (2006): 1035-1048. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. Web. 21 Feb. 2011.

Mary talks about how the tattoo society has became mainstream. Every body is getting them Celebrities, Athletes. This is good because it portrays a positive image for all Americans. This article will really let me hone in on the tattoo subculture in the media and how it has been portrayed over several years.

Siorat, Cyril. "The Art of Pain." Fashion Theory: The Journal of Dress, Body & Culture 10.3 (2006): 367-380. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. Web. 21 Feb. 2011.

Cyril is a Anthropology professor in London. He is going deep into the relation ship with pain and a tattoo. I like this because I have heard a lot of people say that its painful but addicting. So this will help me better understand the human relation ship with pain and why we like it.


"Tattoo you." Economist 387.8581 (2008): 48. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. Web. 21 Feb. 2011.

Although this essay is really short I liked it because it has some cold hard statistics about tattoos. It also talks about how many tattoo shops have opened in New York. This shows me the popularity of tattoos is rising and becoming the norm instead of being abnormal.

Gilchrist, Stephen. personal interview. February 21, 2011.

Well I have not interviewed Stephen yet but I plan to go to the shop wear he works tomorrow to interview him. I talked with somebody working today and he said that Stephen would most likely be open to talk to me. He works at Imperial which I have heard is a pretty good shop. I hope to get a lot of information from him I am pretty excited about it.