Tattoos in particular and modifications in general allow the subject to form a self-identity that is unique and distinctive, and yet fluid and plural in its meaning. This work discusses Lisbeth Sandler's (in Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy) modifications (especially tattoos, and breast augmentation) in a cultural and psychoanalytical context in order to establish how Lisbeth’s body is acted upon and moulded by the subject herself to reflect a new system of meaning.It explores how this character negotiates “the unstable, yet subjective identity she creates through the embodied and transgressive action” of body modification, in the form of tattooing, piercing, and cosmetic surgery. It is is divided into three major sections: the first dealing with the motivations of tattooing as a means of marking the body and shaping identity through a reclaiming of memories. The second section follows on from this with an exploration of tattooing in relation to visually narrating and embodying a history of trauma as a means of on-going recovery. The final section considers how the body modification of breast enlargement further articulates a negotiation of identity as a form of “becoming”; albeit a not unproblematic one.
The tattoo is the mark of the pleb and he marks himself willingly.
>>18527511This. Get fit instead.
I mostly know women who are tattooed.I associate tattoos to soccer moms and low quality women in general.
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>>18527031Didn't read, came here to tell you you're a fag.
