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Skin : a natural history / Nina G. Jablonski.
- Title
- Skin : a natural history / Nina G. Jablonski.
- Author
- Jablonski, Nina G.
- Publication
- Berkeley : University of California Press, c2006.
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Not available - Please for assistance. | 2006 | Text | Request in advance | QP88.5 .J33 2006 2006 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xiii, 266 p., [12] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.); 23 cm.
- Summary
- 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.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-241) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Introduction -- Skin laid bare -- History -- Sweat -- Skin and sun -- Skin's dark secret -- Color -- Touch -- Emotions, sex, and skin -- Wear and tear -- Statements -- Future skin.
- ISBN
- 0520242815 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9780520242814
- LCCN
- ^^2006007731
- OCLC
- 64592114
- SCSB-10288524
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library