Skin by Claudia Benthien
Shows how our perception of skin has changed from the eighteenth century onwards. This title examines the changing significance of skin through brilliant analyses of literature, art, philosophy, and anatomical drawings and writings.
A prize-winning examination of the changing cultural and metaphorical significance of skin, through innovative readings of literature, art, philosophy, history, anthropology, medicine, and moreLibrary Journal [Benthien] deftly illuminates her findings, and she is quite brilliant. This is historical anthropology at its best. -- Joanna Briscoe The Guardian Delves into the cultural role of skin as the place where personal identity is formed and assigned. Publishers Weekly This cultural study examines the relations among self-consciousness, subjectivity, and skin from the 18th century to the present... Benthien discusses the semantic and psychic aspects of touching, feeling, and intellectual perception; the motifs of perforated, armored, or transparent skin. Translation Review
Claudia Benthien is assistant professor of German at Humboldt-University, Berlin. She received the Tiburtius Prize from the Berlin senate for this work.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780231125031 |
| ISBN 10 | 0231125038 |
| Title | Skin |
| Author | Claudia Benthien |
| Series | European Perspectives: A Series In Social Thought And Cultural Criticism |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Columbia University Press |
| Year published | 2004-10-06 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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