Desdobramentos da prática da tatuagem: da marginalização à popularização

Abstract

This work proposes a brief panoramic view of the historical and cultural trajectory of tattooing, aiming to investigate its development from when it was used as a punitive practice to its dissociation from marginality. To this end, the study focuses on some ways of using tattoos (punishment, identification and expression of affection, ritual, and entertainment). It then discusses the popularization of tattoos in the Brazilian urban context. Finally, it presents some reflections on the understanding of pain in the practice of tattooing and presents the results of the pedagogical action, the Basic Concepts Workshop on the Practice of Tattooing. The research is primarily based on theorists David Le Breton and Silvana Jeha, as well as research and academic articles that contributed to the construction of the work. The adopted methodology is exploratory and descriptive, based on a bibliographic survey with secondary sources. Finally, it is concluded that tattooing has undergone a process of re-signification, no longer being associated with marginality as it went through cultural and social influences over the years.