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Skin: On the Cultural Border Between Self and World

Categorie	Algemeen wetenschap
Boeknummer	#388135-UH15
Titel	Skin: On the Cultural Border Between Self and World
Auteur	Benthien, Claudia
Boektype	Paperback
Uitgeverij	New York, NY : Columbia University Press
Jaar van uitgave	2002
ISBN10	0231125038
ISBN13	9780231125031
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Paperback, some illustrations in b/w, 8vo.
Samenvatting	"Only skin deep," "getting under one's skin," "the naked truth": metaphors about the skin pervade the language even as physical embellishments and alterations -- tattoos, piercings, skin-lifts, liposuction, tanning, and more -- proliferate in Western culture. This important cultural study shows how our perception of skin has changed from the eighteenth century to the present. Claudia Benthien examines the changing significance of skin through brilliant analyses of literature, art, philosophy, and anatomical drawings and writings. Myriad images from the Renaissance, anatomy books, and contemporary visual and performance art enhance the text.
Pagina's	277
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 17,50

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