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From the beginning of my research, I knew my topic would be related to

body modifications. Having a small tattoo and some body piercings myself, and
knowing that those body modifications are very common these days, I found the
subject very actual and interesting. I decided to look more precisely at the causes
and consequences of this phenomenon, but also, in a more sociological way, at the
reasons why some people feel the necessity of modifying their body permanently,
even if it often involves pain and judgmental reactions from the society. Thus body
modifications is a valuable topic of study, and I seek your permission to continue
researching to its completion.
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Thesis: Even though tattoos and piercings are very common, the reasons for getting
body modifications (Bms) are numerous. By examining the different motives, this
paper will look at the effects that body modifications have on individuals and on the
rest of the society.

1. Reasons for getting body modifications

2. Effects on individuals

3. Effects on the rest of the society

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Albin, Drema Dial. "Making the body (w)hole: A semiotic exploration of body
modifications." `

 
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   12.1 (2006): 19-35.

This article is about group perceptions and the place of tattooed and pierced
people inside social groups.

Colinon, Marie-Christine. Chirurgie, tatouage, piercing...Modifier son corps. Paris:

De La Martinière Jeunesse, 2003.
This book is about the reasons why people want to have body
modifications.

Grognard, Catherine. Tatouage. Paris: Syros alternatives, 1992.

This is an historical book and it explores tattoos through different times

Rabary, Gilles. Tatouage et détatouage, Art et technique. France: Maloine, 1989.

This book explores the reasons why people want to get tattoos, but also
the reasons why they want to get rid of them.

Reynold, Laura. Les dangers du tatouage et du piercing. Montréal: Les Éditions l

ogiques, 2001.

This book explains the physical and psychological risks of getting body
modifications.

Roberti, Jonathan W., and Eric A. Storch. "Psychosocial Adjustment of College

Students With Tattoos and Piercings." 

 
   8.1
(2005): 14-19. `
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This article focuses on college students and how they perceive people with
body modifications

Stirn, Aglaja, and Andreas Hinz. "Tattoos, body piercings, and self-injury: Is there a
connection? Investigations on a core group of participants practicing body
modification." `
 

  18.3 (2008): 326-333.

Suris, Joan-Carles, et al. "Piercing among adolescents: Body art as risk marker--A
population-based survey." 


 

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130.
 How piercing can lead to the identification of risky behaviors among
teenagers.

Tenenhaus, Hervé. Le tatouage à l'adolescence. Paris: Bayard Éditions, 1993.

This book focuses more on teenagers and why they want to get tattooed.