Carved bodies in Singapore : a tattooed youth's view.

• Main Author: Lin, Daphne Hui Lin.
• Other Authors: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology::Culture
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/22665
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

An ethnographic investigation of tattooed youths in Singapore. The author uses her own experience of getting her first tattoo to explain and point out the discrimination and opposition she faces, along with the joys of a new-found hobby. It is useful to examine how cultural differences mould the dif...