Abstract

FRAYZE-PEREIRA, João. The body as an artwork: tattooing, clinical practice, and philosophy. Rev. bras. psicanál [online]. 2016, vol.50, n.2, pp.78-93. ISSN 0486-641X.

Is there a relationship between tattoo and symbolization? In order to study this issue, the author has taken into account the following topics: (1) tattooing in the cultural field; (2) in the clinical practice, a situation in which the act of tattooing took place; (3) the closeness between body and artwork, in terms of their defining (set of) features; and (4) the relation between tattooing and symbolic order from the perspective of the reflective body.

Keywords : reflective body; tattoo; tattooing; symbol; art; involved psychoanalysis.

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