A HISTORY OF BODY ART: TATTOOING AND PIERCING The art of Tattooing and Piercing has been happening for thousands of years. The oldest evidence of extant tattooing on preserved skin dates to 6000 BC on the a South American Chinchorro mummy. Piercing’s have been going on since the BCE era and still have a impact on society today with more and more piecring ideas happening everyday. Bod-mod” is the growing revival of highly visual‚ primitive body modification practices such as branding‚ scarification
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For many years‚ tattoos have been looked down upon as identifiers of troublemakers and jailbirds. However‚ is the new generation socially acceptable with tattoos and other body modifications? Why are employers asking whether possible employees have tattoos or piercings‚ and does that have any thing to do with their business performance? Personal appearance‚ in my opinion‚ should not have anything to do with the availability of a job opening to a potential employer; especially when one is so qualified
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issues is revolved around the restrictions of tattoos and piercings in the work place or an educational facility. Although the First Amendment protects the practice of religion and other forms of free speech and the Fourteenth Amendment promises due process and equal protection‚ when it comes down to it in the business world‚ a professional image is crucially important to an employer. The censorship of one’s act of self expression through tattoos or piercings is anticipated to bring about controversies
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Typography Essay The Font of Tattooing They say fonts can describe someone‚ they also say tattoos can tell you a lot about a person‚ So combing the two just makes sense. Typography integrated into tattoos when drawings and pictures didn’t speak loud enough. As a result of global development‚ tattoos have been seen throughout cultures and religions. The mixing of curious practices has brought typographic tattoos Many events influenced artist and tattooist to have the idea of typography onto skin‚ such
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because there are no terms for art. Tattoo is a source of pride and strength because it’s an old traditional. Communities around the world making tattooed over the human skin. Although cosmetic tattooing is a traditional and recommended style but difficulties can happen. Tattooing‚ lately‚ has reached great popularity. The decision of a tattoo is controlled somewhat by gender. Teenagers under 18 of age and college students are the most interesting in getting a tattoo. The growth and popularity of the
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order to understand the present situation of tattooing and its future trend‚ I found two Hong Kong local tattoo sites and one Australian tattoo site with some collected data to have my analysis. Historical Opinions toward Tattoo In the ancient China‚ tattoo was treated as a kind of serious punishment. When a criminal was found guilty in committing a severe crime‚ the judge would probably place a tattoo on his face. The tattoo could last permanently to show the identity of this man‚ a criminal.
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Tattoo Discrimination in the Twenty-First Century “Dis·crim·i·na·tion: The unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people or things. This is the Oxford dictionary definition of discrimination” To be ill-treated because you are different. Discrimination against those with tattoos is one of the forms of discrimination people‚ employers especially attempt to get away with. If an employer refuses to hire someone because of race‚ sex or religion it is instantly deemed as discrimination
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Teenagers and Tattoos - Misunderstood Youth It seems like everyone has a tattoo or piercing these days. In the past‚ this type of permanent artwork or body ornaments were reserved for outlaws‚ sailors and biker gangs. Now these body decorations can be found on teenagers. In Dr. Andres Martin ’s article "On Teenagers and Tattoos" he explains the significance and function of tattoos and piercings for teenagers. Dr. Martin explains the reasons that teenagers are
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Fashion Trends Change after World War II During World War II‚ fashion was bland. Women wore clothing‚ such as military jumpsuits‚ that signified war and the military. There were many laws and restrictions against women’s fashion during these times; women’s silhouettes‚ their lengths of garments‚ their garment colors‚ and the fabrication usage. Wool and nylon were mostly for garments and other casual clothing because the textiles were needed for those in the war. The laws against fashion were
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Tattoos and Discrimination In modern times‚ people with tattoos are judged and stereotyped as being drug addicts‚ gang members‚ or criminals. There can always be some truths to this but just like any stereotype; you can never generalize an entire group as being the same way as each other. Tattoos may no longer tell you the tribe a person is from or be a means of fertility but they are a way to identify one’s self; whether it is through religious beliefs‚ personal beliefs‚ or carrying on a family
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