Abstract

ALVAREZ, Luisa Elena; CASTRO, Lourdes Garcia  and  LASKY, Clarisa. The skin as screen for cultural expression. Ide (São Paulo) [online]. 2016, vol.39, n.62, pp. 185-192. ISSN 0101-3106.

The proposal of this work is to consider the skin as a screen on which the unconscious material is projected. We try to explain the phenomenon of tattoo from a cultural perspective, more than as an individual mass phenomenon. The tattoo is seen as a story. The skin is the new canvas to set non metabolized experiences, the new "permanent screen". As the wall of the caves of primitive man, the skin is now seen as a canvas for cultural expression of humanity.

Keywords : Tattoo; Skin; Cultural expression.

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