Skin A Natural History

Name: Skin A Natural History
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ISBN: 9780520275898

ISBN-10: 0520275896

ISBN-13: 9780520275898

Edition: 2013

Authors: Nina G. Jablonski

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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 Historycelebrates 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.

Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 2/20/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Acknowledgments


Preface to the 2013 Edition


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


Glossary


Notes


References


Index