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Skin : A Natural History / Nina G. Jablonski.
De Gruyter University of California Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013 Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jablonski, Nina G., Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Skin.
- Local Subjects:
- Skin.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (299 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2013]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- 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 first time, and the result is a tremendously engaging look at us.
- Contents:
- Front matter
- 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
- 7. Touch
- 8. Emotions, Sex, and Skin
- 9. Wear and Tear
- 10. Statements
- 11. Future Skin
- Glossary
- Notes
- References
- Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)
- ISBN:
- 9780520954816
- 0520954815
- OCLC:
- 829460119
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