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Memorial tattoos: Advancing continuing bonds theory
- Source :
- Death Studies. 46:132-139
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Informa UK Limited, 2020.
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Abstract
- A memorial tattoo is a tattoo that honors a person who has died. We aimed to understand how memorial tattoos could be an expression of a bereaved person's continuing relationship with the deceased person that the tattoo memorializes. We interviewed 41 people and used qualitative description grounded in a symbolic interactionist framework to analyze the transcripts. This research expands on continuing bonds theory by showing that memorial tattoos are an expression of the bond with the deceased as well as a way to communicate with others about their ongoing connection and to challenge stigma.
- Subjects :
- 050103 clinical psychology
Psychoanalysis
Tattooing
Social Stigma
05 social sciences
Stigma (botany)
Symbolic interactionism
030227 psychiatry
03 medical and health sciences
Clinical Psychology
0302 clinical medicine
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
Expression (architecture)
Developmental and Educational Psychology
Humans
0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
Psychology
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 10917683 and 07481187
- Volume :
- 46
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Death Studies
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....842fca54429ad543668391a3844c7ab1