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Living color [[electronic resource] ] : the biological and social meaning of skin color / / Nina G. Jablonski



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Autore: Jablonski Nina G Visualizza persona
Titolo: Living color [[electronic resource] ] : the biological and social meaning of skin color / / Nina G. Jablonski Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2012
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (285 p.)
Disciplina: 573.5
Soggetto topico: Human skin color
Human skin color - Physiological aspects
Human skin color - Social aspects
Soggetto non controllato: biological traits
biology of skin color
brazil
color based discrimination
dark skin
evolution and culture
global history
history of skin color
human evolution
illustrated
india
melanin pigment
migrations
prehistory
racism
skin color and environment
skin color
skin pigmentation
slave trade
social differences
social historians
social history
social interactions
social meaning
social sciences
south africa
stereotypes
united states
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: pt. 1. Biology -- pt. 2. Society.
Sommario/riassunto: 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.
Titolo autorizzato: Living color  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-280-88001-5
9786613721327
0-520-95377-0
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910779253503321
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