500 word disscussion

Online sources:

  • BBC NewsSo why do normal people get tattoos? 
  • PBSSkin Stories: The Art and Culture of Polynesian Tattoo

Considering Chapter 5 and the online materials on tattooing, discuss the following:

  • What is culture?
  • How does culture pertain to our bodies?
  • How particularly does culture pertain to our bodies in regard to tattooing and to the various other ways such as dress, hairstyle, makeup, body form – of expressing our identities by means of our bodies?