Original Skin: Exploring the Marvels of the Human Hide - Softcover

Cuskelly, Maryrose

 
9781582437392: Original Skin: Exploring the Marvels of the Human Hide
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1582437394 ISBN 13: 9781582437392
Verlag: COUNTERPOINT PR, 2011

Inhaltsangabe

"Like the air we breathe, we take our skin for granted . . . Yet it is remarkable; it mitigates and ameliorates the sometimes harsh world we dwell in, and is at the interface of so much of what we encounter. It is our border, the edge of ourselves, the point where we meet our universe."

Original Skin is at times a scientific study, remarking on the biological magic behind the human body's largest organ. At others it becomes an anthropological survey, dissecting separate societies' attitudes towards bare bodies, and the motives behind cultural rituals such as tattoos. However, Original Skin is, above all, a celebration of the human body; its tone one of absolute awe for the simultaneously protective and fragile membrane that divides us all from the world that surrounds us. Maryrose Cuskelly's book--in its examinations of everything from tickling to Botox to books bound in human derma--is a delightful meditation on skin.

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Maryrose Cuskelly is a freelance writer and editor. She has had essays and articles published in a range of magazines, journals, and newspapers, including Family Circle and The Melbourne Times. She lives in Melbourne with her husband and their two sons.

Maryrose Cuskelly is a freelance writer and editor. She has had essays and articles published in a range of magazines, journals, and newspapers, including Family Circle and The Melbourne Times. She lives in Melbourne with her husband and their two sons.

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Verlag
COUNTERPOINT PR
Erscheinungsdatum
2011
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1582437394
ISBN 13 
9781582437392
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
284
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