Margot S. Mifflin's Books
Jan.15.2013
Bodies of Subversion was the first history of women’s tattoo art when it was released in 1997, providing a fascinating excursion to a subculture that dates back to the nineteenth-century and including many never-before-seen photos of tattooed women from the last century. Newly revised and expanded, with a new chapter on tattooing in the new millennium, it remains the...
Apr.30.2009
The biography of a 19th-century Mormon pioneer who became a celebrity after she was captured, raised, and tattooed on the face by Southwest Indians, then ransomed back five years later.
“Margot Mifflin has written a winner… The Blue Tattoo offers quite intense drama along with thorough scholarship.” - Elmore Leonard
“Lucid and Engaging. The Blue Tattoo contextualizes Olive Oatman’...
Apr.09.2001
Chronicles the history of women and tattoo in Western society from the early 1880s to the present.
“In this provocative work full of intriguing female characters from tattoo history, Margot Mifflin makes a persuasive case for the tattooed woman as an emblem of female self-expression.” - Susan Faludi
“..Essential reading for anyone interested in the subject.” - Ed Hardy
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About Margot
I'm an associate professor in the English Department of Lehman College of the City University of New York (CUNY) and I direct the Arts and Culture program at CUNY’s Graduate School of journalism, where I also teach. My first book was Bodies of Subversion: A...
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Causes Margot Mifflin Supports
Labor Research Institute
Women in Need
WNYC
National Organization for Women