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- catalog abstract "In the course of human prehistory and continuing to the present day, culture has played a prominent role in transforming the human form. From birth to death, the body serves as a medium and metaphor of cultural expression. This book provides a broadly comparative perspective on the many and varied ways in which the human body has been sculpted and transformed by particular cultural traditions and argues that in significant ways, the human body has transcended the laws of natural selection.".
- catalog contributor b12443440.
- catalog created "c2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "c2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2001.".
- catalog description "In the course of human prehistory and continuing to the present day, culture has played a prominent role in transforming the human form. From birth to death, the body serves as a medium and metaphor of cultural expression. This book provides a broadly comparative perspective on the many and varied ways in which the human body has been sculpted and transformed by particular cultural traditions and argues that in significant ways, the human body has transcended the laws of natural selection.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 109-119) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction : an anthropology of the human body -- Human evolution and human culture -- You and me : the social life of the body -- Us and them : ethnicity, identity, and the body -- Him and her : initiation and the body -- Now and then : technology and the body.".
- catalog extent "viii, 129 p., [6] p. of plates :".
- catalog hasFormat "Culture and the human body.".
- catalog identifier "157766180X".
- catalog isFormatOf "Culture and the human body.".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "c2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Prospect Heights, Ill. : Waveland Press,".
- catalog relation "Culture and the human body.".
- catalog subject "2001 J-239".
- catalog subject "Anthropology, Cultural methods.".
- catalog subject "Body Image.".
- catalog subject "Culture.".
- catalog subject "GT 495 B974c 2001".
- catalog subject "GT495 .B87 2001".
- catalog subject "Human Body.".
- catalog subject "Human body Social aspects.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction : an anthropology of the human body -- Human evolution and human culture -- You and me : the social life of the body -- Us and them : ethnicity, identity, and the body -- Him and her : initiation and the body -- Now and then : technology and the body.".
- catalog title "Culture and the human body : an anthropological perspective / John W. Burton.".
- catalog type "text".