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Probing the skin : cultural representations of our contact zone /

Adopting an interdisciplinary approach, this volume explores representations of skin in literature, art, art history, visual media, and medicine and its history. The essays collected here probe the symbolic potential of skin as a shifting sign in various historical and cultural contexts, and also ex...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Rosenthal, Caroline, 1969- (Editor ), Vanderbeke, Dirk, 1958- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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