piercings and any other ornaments are applications that also take the human’s body as their final object. In his essay “The Body Jigsaw”‚ Philippe Liotard states that cosmetic surgery and body alterations stand at opposite sides. In the following‚ I’m going to take a position relatively to the above statement‚ before analyzing the situation in my home society‚ Lebanon. First of all‚ Liotard believes that body modifications are ways that one can use in order to look different from the common mass
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Body piercing has increased over long terms of period of time and it becomes one of the trendiest and culture in today’s our life. This has attracted the most people who are interested about body piercing‚ and then they get attention especially from media when famous celebrities come up in advertisement with their body piercings and tattoos. However‚ there are various places that people do the body piercing such as tongues‚ noses‚ navels and even their genital‚ but this occurs lots of arguments that
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Should Body piercing be banned for teenagers under the age of 18? Dear editor‚ I believe that body piercings‚ on the stomach‚ tongue or genitals for adolescence under the age of 18 should be banned and made illegal. Body piercing have many health risks and can be fatal if infected or not looked after properly. The reason this issue even came into the new is because of the extreme health issues. Teenagers don’t think about the consequences and most of their bad choices in like are made under the
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Tribal Scarification Scarification is one of the most common rituals in tribes around the world Scarification involves cutting‚ marking‚ scratching‚ words‚ symbols or designs permanently as body alteration. In body scarification‚ you’re cutting or branding your skin. Scarification is most frequently used on darker skinned persons because it shows up better than it would on a lighter pigmented person. There are also Religious‚ Social‚ and Aesthetic reasons for scarification. In Papua‚ New Guinea
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a manifestations of self-expression coinciding with a decline in traditional religious adherence (Mercury‚ 2000). Piercing has almost as long of a history as tattooing. It was practiced by Egyptian pharaohs‚ Mayans‚ and Romans (Armstrong‚ 1996). Body piercing is sometimes studied along with tattooing‚ partly because people with tattoos often have piercings (Buhrich‚ 1983; Frederick &ump; Bradley‚ 2000). For women‚ ear piercing has come to be viewed as a mainstream practice but piercing eyebrows
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When he walks into his job‚ there are questions. The man has several body modifications; a bridge piercing‚ ¾ inch ears‚ and a small star tattoo under his left cheek. Does this deem a man dangerous and loathsome? Or is he the embodiment of personal expression? Body modifications stand as an art form because of its expressive and aesthetic properties and its social statement against mainstream society. IA. Body modification has been most notably apparent in ancient times‚ however western civilization
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Body adornment is the practice of decorating the human body. Throughout the world it is present in many cultures. In America tattoos and piercing has become very popular. People choose to tattoo‚ pierce‚ or permanently mark their bodies for various reasons. “Modification of and marks of the body convey messages about age‚ gender‚ sexual interest‚ profession‚ wealth and emotions” (Miller‚ 449). People get tattoos for many reasons. I have tattoos because I feel that it is a way of expressing myself
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Body piercing Body piercing had recently become very popular among young people in many countries. Not only ears are pierced now ‚ but also noses‚ tongues‚ navels and various other body parts. This has attracted criticism from some people‚ who argue that piercing is dangerous. Meanwhile‚ others insist that if you take proper care‚ it is perfectly safe. In the article by Lori Wilkerson she demonstrates that piercing is an archaic form of expression that have been practiced for many centuries
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Congo African Body Art: Scarification Scarification is a Cultural practice among the African Culture. Some of the most elaborated patters scaring are found among the indigenous people of the Congo. The climate and costume in the Congo enable and promoted people to décor their bodies. Scarification is a procedure of incising the skin with a sharp tool to create raised marks and/or patterns. The tools used to cut the epidermis of the body are knife‚ glass‚ stone‚ coconut shell or seeds. Sometimes
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Running head: BODY ART AND ORNAMENTATION Body Art and Ornamentation in Different Cultures Introduction to Cultural Anthropology ANT101 July 28‚ 2013 There is no culture in which people do not‚ or did not paint‚ pierce‚ tattoo‚ reshape‚ or simply adorn their bodies (Schildkrout‚ 2001). Throughout history‚ body art and ornamentation has become a worldwide phenomenon and has played a key role in our lives‚ yet there is a social stigma which we cannot seem to rid ourselves of. It is most
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