Tattoos and autonomy: reflections about youth
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https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-9133.v15i14-15p83-98Keywords:
Tattoo. Youth. Autonomy.Abstract
Research carried through in two tat-too studios in the city of Rio de Janeiro pointed to
the predominance of customers between 20 to the
29 years. About 60% of the public of one of these
studios is formed by customers between 16 and 29
years. As a background of the seduction that tat-
toos exerts on youth, it seems to be a process of so-
cial marking - on the body - of personal autonomy,
that was nominated in the literature dedicated to
the study of the contemporary tattoos as self pos-
session. It is a concept related to the emergency of
an individualization process, where tattoos can be
presented as a propitious sign of a personal (and
social) proof of force and courage, or as a quiet re-
bellion against instances of individual, specially the
family.
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2006-03-30
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Osório, A. (2006). Tattoos and autonomy: reflections about youth. Cadernos De Campo (São Paulo, 1991), 15(14-15), 83-98. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-9133.v15i14-15p83-98