Nina G. Jablonski
Professor and Head Department Anthropology at Penn State
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Nina G. Jablonski
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Skin: A Natural History |
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"When you meet people, whether
they're fully clothed on the street or scantily clad on the beach, the
first part of their body that you see, smell, and perhaps touch is the
skin. Skin is our largest and most visible organ, our personal poster
board for decoration and advertisement. Nina Jablonski gives us the best
and most fascinating account of everything that you might want to know
about the packaging of our anatomy."
Jared
Diamond
author of Collapse and Guns, Germs, and Steel
"This fascinating book traces the
long evolutionary history of our integument, revealing a whole host of
essential skin functions that most of us have probably never even thought
of."
Ian
Tattersall
author of The Fossil Trail
"A fascinating and comprehensive
account of the biological and cultural aspects of human skin."
John
Relethford
SUNY College at Oneonta |
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CONTENTS
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
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Suggested Citation: JABLONSKI, NINA G. 2006. Skin: A Natural
History. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. 290 pp.
For more information, http://www.ucpress.edu/books/pages/10283.html |
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