Trauma and Tattoo
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2464779 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Judith Holland Sarnecki (Lawrence University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 35-42 |
| Publication date | 2001-09-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Anthropology of Consciousness (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1053-4202 • E-ISSN: 1556-3537 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1525/ac.2001.12.2.35 |
| OpenAlex | W2033033983 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 1 |
This article examines how tattoos may function as a way to deal with personal trauma. First, I examine a recent theory of how personal trauma cannot be fully experienced; thus, it calls for a return to the event in order to incorporate it into the psyche. Second, I look at how that return, often achieved symbolically, might include the process of acquiring a tattoo. Finally, I turn to various examples, taken from memoirs, film, and an interview, of trauma that has been expressed through tattooed images that turn bodies into memory-laden texts
Aesthetics · Art · Art history · Business · Event (particle physics · Function (biology · Memoir · Order (exchange · Psyche · Psychoanalysis · History · Literature: history, themes, analysis · Psychology · Social Psychology · Tattoo and Body Piercing Complications · Visual Culture and Art Theory
| Citations per year | 0.53 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2007 - 2026 (20) |
| Highly cited | No |