Body Modification
body modification
1. In Class we watched several documentaries such as Covered: Women and Tattoos, Modify, Flesh and Blood and Hori Smoku: Sailor Jerry. As we compare these documentaries we can agree, all have to do with Body Art Modification. Just the styles of how the body is modified and how the contrast of type of art is different and who the art is being focused on. In Covered the main objective is to present the experience of heavily tattooed women: their love of ink, their imagery selection, and their experiences of prejudice from strangers, family, employers, and impacts of media representations. In Covered you will see a macro-sociological approach to understanding heavily tattooed women in society as they struggle with gender norms, employment discrimination, family rejection, and social stigma. Modify Introduces viewers to people who've explored branding, piercing, tattooing, tongue splitting and every type of body modification imaginable. This documentary comprehends the thoughts of artists and their human canvases to reveal how and why they've gone to such extremes to express themselves. The way these two films compare is where for some people their own bodies have become a canvas. Getting tattooed is a wonderful way for ones total expression.
How the two films contrast is in Covered only shows woman getting tattooed and no other type of modification while Modify goes into all types of artistic body modification.
2. In class it was mentioned the fact culture is inscribed on the body. I agree with this statement because we have seen culture tattooed onto millions of people’s bodies explaining a story about themselves. Examples of culture inscribed onto the bodies such as criminals behind bars where they would get a tattoo describing what type of crime they committed. Also you could see tattoos on Polynesians like describing if they were a warrior or a healer. Another form of culture on the body would be the full body suits you
1. In Class we watched several documentaries such as Covered: Women and Tattoos, Modify, Flesh and Blood and Hori Smoku: Sailor Jerry. As we compare these documentaries we can agree, all have to do with Body Art Modification. Just the styles of how the body is modified and how the contrast of type of art is different and who the art is being focused on. In Covered the main objective is to present the experience of heavily tattooed women: their love of ink, their imagery selection, and their experiences of prejudice from strangers, family, employers, and impacts of media representations. In Covered you will see a macro-sociological approach to understanding heavily tattooed women in society as they struggle with gender norms, employment discrimination, family rejection, and social stigma. Modify Introduces viewers to people who've explored branding, piercing, tattooing, tongue splitting and every type of body modification imaginable. This documentary comprehends the thoughts of artists and their human canvases to reveal how and why they've gone to such extremes to express themselves. The way these two films compare is where for some people their own bodies have become a canvas. Getting tattooed is a wonderful way for ones total expression.
How the two films contrast is in Covered only shows woman getting tattooed and no other type of modification while Modify goes into all types of artistic body modification.
2. In class it was mentioned the fact culture is inscribed on the body. I agree with this statement because we have seen culture tattooed onto millions of people’s bodies explaining a story about themselves. Examples of culture inscribed onto the bodies such as criminals behind bars where they would get a tattoo describing what type of crime they committed. Also you could see tattoos on Polynesians like describing if they were a warrior or a healer. Another form of culture on the body would be the full body suits you