Skin : a natural history
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- Publication date
- 2006
- Topics
- Skin, Peau, Huid, Skin Physiological Phenomena, Skin Care, Skin Diseases, Skin Pigmentation, Kulturgeschichtsschreibung, Haut, Angewandte Anthropologie
- Publisher
- Berkeley : University of California Press
- Collection
- printdisabled; internetarchivebooks; americana
- Contributor
- Internet Archive
- Language
- English
Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-241) and index
Our intimate connection with the world, skin protects us while advertising our health, our identity, and our individuality. This synthetic overview, written with a poetic touch and taking many intriguing side excursions, is a guidebook to the pliable covering that makes us who we are. This book 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. Author Jablonski begins with a look at skin's structure and functions and then tours its three-hundred-million-year evolution, delving into such topics as the importance of touch and how the skin reflects and affects emotions. She examines the modern human obsession with age-related changes in skin, especially wrinkles, then turns to skin as a canvas for self-expression, exploring our use of cosmetics, body paint, tattooing, and scarification.--From publisher description
Skin laid bare -- History -- Sweat -- Skin and sun -- Skin's dark secret -- Color -- Touch -- Emotions, sex, and skin -- Wear and tear -- Statements -- Future skin
Our intimate connection with the world, skin protects us while advertising our health, our identity, and our individuality. This synthetic overview, written with a poetic touch and taking many intriguing side excursions, is a guidebook to the pliable covering that makes us who we are. This book 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. Author Jablonski begins with a look at skin's structure and functions and then tours its three-hundred-million-year evolution, delving into such topics as the importance of touch and how the skin reflects and affects emotions. She examines the modern human obsession with age-related changes in skin, especially wrinkles, then turns to skin as a canvas for self-expression, exploring our use of cosmetics, body paint, tattooing, and scarification.--From publisher description
Skin laid bare -- History -- Sweat -- Skin and sun -- Skin's dark secret -- Color -- Touch -- Emotions, sex, and skin -- Wear and tear -- Statements -- Future skin
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- 2010-09-08 16:29:41
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- City
- Berkeley, Calif. [u.a.]
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- External-identifier
- urn:oclc:record:1036944949
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- Notre Dame Catalog
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- Isbn
- 0520242815
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- Lccn
- 2006007731
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- Pages
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- Ppi
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- Source
- removed
- Worldcat (source edition)
- 219355399
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