Tattoo Hebrew: An Analysis of Miami Ink’s Presentation of Jewish Tattoo Themes

Joseph Robert Nicola 1 *
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1 Century College, Minnesota, U.S.A
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Online Journal of Communication and Media Technologies, Volume 7, Issue 3, pp. 146-158. https://doi.org/10.29333/ojcmt/2604
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ABSTRACT

Tattoos are growing in popularity among people of the Jewish faith. The following analysis examines the Jewish tattoo narrativespresented in the first American television program about tattooing, Miami Ink. Narrative Paradigm Theory is utilized to explore specific Jewish tattoo themes communicated.
Keywords: Jewish, tattoo, television, stigma, narrative paradigm

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Nicola, J. R. (2017). Tattoo Hebrew: An Analysis of Miami Ink’s Presentation of Jewish Tattoo Themes. Online Journal of Communication and Media Technologies, 7(3), 146-158. https://doi.org/10.29333/ojcmt/2604

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