TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2006//
TI  - Tatoos, piercing: body art? Body damage? Debasement of the body or return to a primitive way of life?
JO  - Gynécologie, obstétrique et fertilité
A1  - Grognard, C.
SP  - 41
EP  - 43
VL  - 34
IS  - 1
N2  - Tatoos and piercing, though they might appear as something like a trend, if not a craze, remain for a majority minority and even fringe practices. For the adolescent, questing for his identity (no more a child, not yet an adult), the tegmental sign is a way of engraving in the flesh dramatic events of his existence. The body mark is a search for independence, a symbolic attainment of self-reliance, a way of severing the umbilical cord and of asserting oneself. In face of a life no longer under control, the body is an object at hand, on which self-will is almost unbridled... These body modifications testify to change.<p />  <p>Language: fr</p>
LA  - fr
SN  - 1297-9589
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gyobfe.2005.11.006
ID  - ref1
ER  -