Impressões corporais tatuando uma identidade construindo a si mesmo através do corpo e do outro

Abstract

In this monograph, a qualitative research is carried out that consists of defending the tattoo as an identity mark, thinking of the body as a diary, the skin as pages and tattoos as writings and figures printed and pasted on it, which refer to feelings, wishes/desires , protests, etc. marks that designate and configure visual and subjective characteristics of the individual writing about his memories, which record in him unspeakable pleasant moments, without carrying stigmas. Dialogues, confrontations, confrontations, questions are discussed through the discourses of the subjects/objects, about the images that constitute identities, or identity fragments, where this constitutes discursive elements in an attempt to create dialogues, learning and discourses. Under the subjects' speeches, three subjects/objects stand out here through semi-structured interviews and field research: tattooed, tattooed and non-tattooed. Of the tattooed, which addresses the identity construction process through the image printed on the skin and the interaction with the environment in which they live and with others, involving the social sphere as a fragment of the individual identity of the tattooed person, while; Tattoo artists build images together with their clients and act as mediators of identities, in addition to learning and empiric teachings. In addition to the universe of those who visualize, there are ideas and speeches and; of the non-tattooed people about the world of tattooing and all its intriguing and curious points. Among the final considerations are the discourses that are released and reflected, learning, confrontations, questions that the tattooed images make available to others, in addition to the ideas that are pre-established about tattooing over time.