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Can Tattoos Be Taboo?

PBS Origins | January 13, 2025



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When did tattoos shift from counterculture to mainstream? Are they okay? At what point is your tattoo considered cultural appropriation? Explore these questions and more as Danielle dives into the origin of tattoos around the world.

Written and Hosted by: Danielle Bainbridge
Produced by: Complexly for PBS Digital Studios

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Drawing with Great Needles : Ancient Tattoo Traditions of North America, edited by Aaron Deter-Wolf, and Carol Diaz-Granados, University of Texas Press, 2013.

“tattoo, n.2.” OED Online. Oxford University Press, July 2018. Web. 22 September 2018.

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