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The book of skin / Steven Connor.

Title
The book of skin / Steven Connor.
Author
Connor, Steven, 1955-
Publication
Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 2004.

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Description
304 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Summary
"The Book of Skin explores the amazingly varied meanings of human skin in Western culture from classical times to the here and now. Every aspect and nuance of skin in history is to be found here: its poetry as well as its pathology, the chromatics of its pigmentation, the destructive rage exercised against it in violent fantasies, the shivering titillations of itch, the intensities and attenuations of erotic touch, blushing, suntanning, tattooing, flaying, stigmata, scarification, moles, birthmarks, massage, ointments and aromatics."--Jacket.
Subject
  • Culture
  • Skin
  • Skin > Social aspects
  • Skin > History
  • Human skin color
  • Human body > Social aspects
  • Skin Pigmentation
Genre/Form
History
Note
  • "Originally published in Great Britain in 2004 by Reaktion Books, London"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-298) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Pregression: a skin that walks -- Complexion -- Exposition -- Disfiguring -- Impression -- Stigmata -- Off-colour -- Unction -- Aroma -- Itch -- The light touch.
ISBN
  • 0801488931 (paper)
  • 0801488966 (paper)
LCCN
^^2003055660
OCLC
  • 52798678
  • SCSB-11048697
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library