نوع مقاله : مقاله پژوهشی
نویسندگان
1 دانشجوی دکتری هنر اسلامی ،دانشکده هنرهای صناعی ،دانشگاه هنر اسلامی تبریز ، تبریز، ایران
2 استادیار، دانشکده هنرهای صناعی، دانشگاه هنر اسلامی تبریز، تبریز، ایران
چکیده
کلیدواژهها
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عنوان مقاله [English]
نویسندگان [English]
This study adopts a hermeneutic phenomenological approach to explore the lived experiences of women in Khorramabad with tattooing over a two-hundred-year period (1200–1400 SH). It aims to trace the semantic transformation of tattooing within the socio-cultural context of Lorestan. Historically, tattooing was a ritualistic and communal act, closely tied to protective beliefs and kinship identities. In contrast, contemporary practices reflect individual aesthetics and, at times, symbolic resistance to dominant gender norms.
Data were collected through visual analysis of tattoo motifs shared by local artists on Instagram and semi-structured interviews with tattooed women. Participants were purposefully selected via an online call, and all procedures followed ethical research standards and informed consent protocols.
Thematic analysis, informed by Merleau-Ponty’s theory of embodiment and feminist perspectives, reveals tattooing as a form of bodily expression—articulating suppressed emotions, challenging social expectations, and rewriting cultural memory. Traditional motifs such as pomegranates, the sun, the moon, and talismanic letters convey ritualistic and familial meanings. In contrast, modern designs emphasize individuality, pain, agency, and identity reconstruction after personal or existential crises.
The findings highlight the importance of an interdisciplinary lens to understand tattooing as corporeal inscription, identity representation, and embodied memory.
کلیدواژهها [English]
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