Tattoos and Body Piercing
Date Submitted: 09/10/2006 05:12:45
Category: / Literature / European Literature
Length: 10 pages (2695 words)
Category: / Literature / European Literature
Length: 10 pages (2695 words)
Tattooing and Piercing: The Body as a Site for Performing the Self
Many people view the human body as an apartment rental rather than a house: They have the use of it during the brief season of their tenancy, but most are loath to initiate any permanent modifications beyond those dictated by nature and necessity. The tattoo and body piercing have long held negative connotations and is even forbidden in the Old Testament. In Leviticus 19:28 …
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…denominator" (Focault, Power, 1980)
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