Anatomies : a cultural history of the human body / Hugh Aldersey-Williams.
"In an engaging narrative that ranges from ancient body art to plastic surgery today and from head to toe, Aldersey-Williams explores the corporeal mysteries that make us human: Why are some people left-handed and some blue-eyed? What is the funny bone, anyway? Why do some cultures think of the...
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Main Author: |
Aldersey-Williams, Hugh |
Format: | Book
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Language: | English |
Published: |
New York :
W.W. Norton & Company,
2013.
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Edition: | First American edition. |
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Holy Cross Note: | Graduating Student Library Worker 2015 |