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THE BODY AS A SYMBOLS
BY ELISA AND ASIA
The bodies , as well as people, are cultural products and can therefore be constructed and used to mean different things in different societies . Anthropology parts from the bodies to interpret the people. Ethnologists such as Hertz think that the human body is an irreplaceable source of symbols for the company . Other anthropologists define it as a privileged place of ” natural symbols ” in which each culture draws from selecting those elements that allow it to better express its values and meanings , the boundaries of the body can be used to represent the boundaries of society. We communicate through the body , and it is shaped by us. Often people are judged by the appearance … are an example of threads about tattoos , piercings on which are becoming more popular in this period. The human body has been used as a symbol since ancient times , such as in certain African tribes where women and dilated earlobes , or in New Zealand men tattooed their faces with Maori tattoos . Often these changes are made to the body as initiation rites of the tribe but even today a tattoo can be a rite of initiation, for example when you have reached the age of majority.