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Escarificações na adolescência: uma abordagem antropológica

Piercings and tattoos are forms of body decoration. They are chosen because of their beauty, their valuing of the face or the body, their originality. They represent a signature of the person on their skin. However, other people do not recognize themselves in a skin that arrests them to an intolerable identity. Thus, scarifications are a layout of themselves. It is about provoking your own pain in order to have less pain. Scarifications are survival techniques for teenagers in suffering.

adolescence; body; scarifications; suffering


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