BODY MODIFICATION EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Three Types of body decoration - Correct Answers --Painting: temporary
-Ornamentation:
-Modification: permanent modes of body decoration. Often referred to as "flesh
journeys"
Flesh Journey - Correct Answers --The intentional reconstruction of the corporeal to
symbolically represent one's identity, relationships or thoughts.
-A process that takes place over time as part of identity reshaping or alignment.
Identity Reshaping - Correct Answers -Symbolically reconstructing a person's self and
social identity.
Alignment - Correct Answers -Linkage of an individual to a particular group.
Who does it? - Correct Answers --Cuts across all social spheres, demographics
-Small percentage of people....10-20% of North Americans have engaged in tattooing or
other lasting body modifications.
Bricolage - Correct Answers --The use of cultural objects and meanings to create new
meanings.
-Bricoleur: a person who does this- body mod- is a bricoleur using the body to create
subversive meanings.
Affinity - Correct Answers -A natural tendency or pull.
Affiliation - Correct Answers -Affiliation with other people can cause one to become a
collector. Getting recruited in to the subculture or going in by having an affinity.
Differential Association - Correct Answers -A theory of deviance that holds that violation
of rules results from exposure to attitudes favorable to criminal acts.
Signification - Correct Answers -Significance or symbolic meaning of the tattoo. The
emotional meaning of it.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Three Types of body decoration - Correct Answers --Painting: temporary
-Ornamentation:
-Modification: permanent modes of body decoration. Often referred to as "flesh
journeys"
Flesh Journey - Correct Answers --The intentional reconstruction of the corporeal to
symbolically represent one's identity, relationships or thoughts.
-A process that takes place over time as part of identity reshaping or alignment.
Identity Reshaping - Correct Answers -Symbolically reconstructing a person's self and
social identity.
Alignment - Correct Answers -Linkage of an individual to a particular group.
Who does it? - Correct Answers --Cuts across all social spheres, demographics
-Small percentage of people....10-20% of North Americans have engaged in tattooing or
other lasting body modifications.
Bricolage - Correct Answers --The use of cultural objects and meanings to create new
meanings.
-Bricoleur: a person who does this- body mod- is a bricoleur using the body to create
subversive meanings.
Affinity - Correct Answers -A natural tendency or pull.
Affiliation - Correct Answers -Affiliation with other people can cause one to become a
collector. Getting recruited in to the subculture or going in by having an affinity.
Differential Association - Correct Answers -A theory of deviance that holds that violation
of rules results from exposure to attitudes favorable to criminal acts.
Signification - Correct Answers -Significance or symbolic meaning of the tattoo. The
emotional meaning of it.
