Based on analysis of narratives that are typical of subjects who perform extreme body modifications (establishing body images that differ from classic Western standards through excessive use of techniques such as tattoos, piercings and plastic surgery), this paper questions singularity, considering it a basis of mythical and imaginary formation, in which someone's unicity is an anchor of identity and a possible expression of the desire to become the strong poet of his or her own story
Key words:
Singularity; culture; splitted subject; extreme body modifications; myth