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Living Color : the Biological and Social Meaning of Skin Color

Jablonski, Nina G.

Publisher:	University of California Press,
Pub date:	©2012.
Pages:	1 online resource (xiii, 260 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) :
ISBN:	9780520953772

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Living Color : the Biological and Social Meaning of Skin Color
Jablonski, Nina G.

Personal Author:	Jablonski, Nina G.
Title:	Living Color : the Biological and Social Meaning of Skin Color / Nina G. Jablonski.
Electronic access:	MacEwan University Access (Unlimited Concurrent Users) from EBSCO Comprehensive Academic Collection
Electronic access:	Northwestern Polytechnic Access (Unlimited Concurrent Users) from EBSCO Comprehensive Academic Collection
Electronic access:	Red Deer Polytechnic Access (Unlimited Concurrent Users) from EBSCO Academic Collection
Electronic access:	NorQuest College Access (Unlimited Concurrent Users) from EBSCO Academic Collection
Electronic access:	Concordia University of Edmonton Access (Unlimited Concurrent Users) from EBSCO Academic Collection
Electronic access:	Keyano College Access (Unlimited Concurrent Users) from EBSCO Academic Collection
Electronic access:	King's University Access (Unlimited Concurrent Users) from EBSCO Academic Collection
Electronic access:	Lakeland College Access (Unlimited Concurrent Users) from EBSCO Academic Collection
Electronic access:	Northern Lakes College Access (Unlimited Concurrent Users) from EBSCO Academic Collection
Electronic access:	University of Alberta Access (Unlimited Concurrent Users) from EBSCO Academic Collection
Publication info:	Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2012.
Physical description:	1 online resource (xiii, 260 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), maps
Content type:	text txt
Media type:	computer c
Carrier type:	online resource cr
Digital file charact:	data file
Subject term:	Human skin color.
Subject term:	Human skin color--Physiological aspects.
Subject term:	Human skin color--Social aspects.
Subject term:	Human skin color--Cross-cultural studies.
Subject term:	Skin Pigmentation
Subject term:	Couleur de la peau.
Subject term:	Couleur de la peau--Aspect physiologique.
Subject term:	Couleur de la peau--Aspect social.
Subject term:	Couleur de la peau--Études transculturelles.
Subject term:	Human skin color. fast
Subject term:	Human skin color--Physiological aspects. fast
Subject term:	Human skin color--Social aspects. fast
Genre index term:	Cross-cultural studies.
Genre index term:	Cross-cultural studies.
Bibliography note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Abstract:	"Living Color is the first book to investigate the social history of skin color from prehistory to the present, showing how our body's most visible trait influences our social interactions in profound and complex ways. In a fascinating and wide-ranging discussion, Nina G. Jablonski begins with the biology and evolution of skin pigmentation, explaining how skin color changed as humans moved around the globe. She explores the relationship between melanin pigment and sunlight, and examines the consequences of rapid migrations, vacations, and other lifestyle choices that can create mismatches between our skin color and our environment. Richly illustrated, this book explains why skin color has come to be a biological trait with great social meaning- a product of evolution perceived by culture. It considers how we form impressions of others, how we create and use stereotypes, how negative stereotypes about dark skin developed and have played out through history-including being a basis for the transatlantic slave trade. Offering examples of how attitudes about skin color differ in the U.S., Brazil, India, and South Africa, Jablonski suggests that a knowledge of the evolution and social importance of skin color can help eliminate color-based discrimination and racism."--
ISBN:	9780520953772 (electronic bk.)
ISBN:	0520953770 (electronic bk.)
ISBN:	(ISBN invalid)9780520251533 (cloth alk. paper)
ISBN:	(ISBN invalid)0520251539 (cloth ; alk. paper)
key:	6488200

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