Abstract
Background: The purpose of the study was to analyze the meanings attributed by a group of young adults to the experience of recording inscriptions in their bodies. Method: The qualitative method with narrative design was implemented. The technique to collect the information is a free interview. He selected four participants (two women and two men) through a sample intentional. The interviews were recorded on audio and transcribed literally for later analysis. An inductive categorization was carried out. The analysis implemented allowed identifying individual factors and also establishing similarities and differences among participants. Results: The findings show that: This group of young people perform the corporal inscriptions taking as reference significant life and family experiences. Conclusion: It is concluded that the tattoo is a narrative expression that determines ownership over the body and the possibility of being understood and socially validated. The choice of the body part, design and extension; they depend on the importance of what they want to represent.
Highlights
The purpose of the study was to analyze the meanings a ributed by a group of young adults to the experience of recording inscrip ons in their bodies
La separación generó en los parcipantes diferentes significados que en algunos casos se relacionan con las inscripciones en su cuerpo
Obviamente este po de grupos sociales manejan inscripciones en el cuerpo, pero no se pueden generalizar algunos de sus comportamientos oposicionistas a todas las personas que se realizan tatuajes
Summary
The purpose of the study was to analyze the meanings a ributed by a group of young adults to the experience of recording inscrip ons in their bodies. Para Barbosa, Vanegas, Ángel y Niño (2011), este po de estudios buscan describir ac tudes, creencias y pensamientos de los par cipantes. RESULTADOS Y DISCUSIÓN Significados atribuidos al tatuaje como medio de interacción social y consolidación iden taria Este grupo de jóvenes al igual que sus familias se encuentran en constante cambio.
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