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An edition of The Book of Skin (2003)

The Book of Skin

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"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."--BOOK JACKET.

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Cornell University Press
Language
English
Pages
304

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Subjects
Body, Human, History, Human Body, Human skin color, Skin, Social aspects, Social aspects of Skin, Social aspects of the Human body, Human body, social aspects, Culture, Skin Pigmentation, Peau, Aspect social, Histoire, Couleur de la peau, Corps humain, Culture note, Geschichte, Kultur, Haut

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The Book of Skin
March 2005, Cornell University Press
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The book of skin
2004, Reaktion Books
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The Book of Skin
December 11, 2003, Cornell University Press
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The Book of Skin
November 28, 2003, Reaktion Books
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"If the skin has always been pressing, it has never been so much in evidence as it seems to be today."

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Library of Congress
GN191 .C66 2004

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Paperback
Number of pages
304

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OL11205640M
Internet Archive
bookofskin0000conn
ISBN 10
0801488966
ISBN 13
9780801488962
LCCN
2003055660
OCLC/WorldCat
52798678

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