Skin: a Natural History
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Main Author: Jablonski, Nina G. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: University of California Press 2013
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Item Description:Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Preface to the 2013 Edition; Introduction; 1 Skin Laid Bare; 2 History; 3 Sweat; 4 Skin and Sun; 5 Skin's Dark Secret; 6 Color; Color Plates and Maps; 7 Touch; 8 Emotions, Sex, and Skin; 9 Wear and Tear; 10 Statements; 11 Future Skin; Glossary; Notes; References; Index
We expose it, cover it, paint it, tattoo it, scar it, and pierce it. Our intimate connection with the world, skin protects us while advertising our health, our identity, and our individuality. This dazzling synthetic overview is a complete guidebook to the pliable covering that makes us who we are. Skin: A Natural History celebrates the evolution of three unique attributes of human skin: its naked sweatiness, its distinctive sepia rainbow of colors, and its remarkable range of decorations. Jablonski places the rich cultural canvas of skin within its broader biological context for the fi
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ISBN:0520954815
1299199860
9780520954816
9781299199866

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