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Teachers’ Inked

Tattooed Narratives of High School Teachers

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Abstract

Getting a tattoo has become more and more popular over time. According to Pew, 38% of Millennials (born after 1980) and 32% of Gen Xers (born between 1965 & 1980) have at least one tattoo (Pew Research Center, 2010, p. 57).

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Youngbauer, V., Ridgeman, M. (2017). Teachers’ Inked. In: Jones, J.R. (eds) Feather Boas, Black Hoodies, and John Deere Hats. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6351-215-2_12

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