Description
A trained classical musician, Robert E. Roberts forsook composing harpsichord music to become a gifted tattoo artist. In his eye-opening memoir, Roberts, aka "Mad Dog," describes coming out as a gay man and treats us to a mosaic of ink stories that document the height of the San Francisco Gay Revolution. Every tattoo has a story, and Roberts' categorization of the tattoo images and their meaning in gay life is a veritable Rosetta Stone providing new insights into the great social changes that were taking place. Here is a brightly shining memoir detailing the identities, challenges, sorrows and joys of gay life in powerful, archetypal images including machismo, bear culture, tribalism, and mythology.
Author: Robert E. Roberts
Publisher: Fair Page Media, LLC
Published: 03/12/2018
Pages: 214
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.49d
ISBN13: 9780998909813
ISBN10: 0998909815
BISAC Categories:
- Art | Body Art & Tattooing
- Social Science | LGBTQ+ Studies | Gay Studies
- Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs
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