Monday, October 01, 2007

Skin: the Human Fabric

clipped from www.rps.psu.edu

"It isn't good to take for granted something as important as skin," writes Nina G. Jablonski.

With the publication of her most recent book, Skin: A Natural History (University of California Press), Jablonski—professor and head of Penn State's anthropology department—delivers a thought-provoking remedy to our nonchalance about the human body's largest organ. Her book, which she describes as "more an idiosyncratic guidebook" than a "systematic treatise or manual" is an engaging tour of skin's evolutionary history and cultural significance.

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