We live in our skin - human body's cultural details

Author: Xiao Chunlei
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Publish Date: 2006-12-01
Features: Know Yourself, First by Knowing Your Body, and the Details of Its Parts. Like the universe, many fragments of our bodies have their own names and can be individually identified. They have their own origins, histories, legends, and customs, accumulating profound meanings over millions of years. This is a book about the culture and wisdom of the human body. Flip through the pages, look back at history, and even the light-hearted anecdotes often interweave with sorrow and sacrifice. Humans stood up in the primeval forests, walked upright to the modern civilized society, and their entire bodies participated in the struggle with the environment and experienced the immense pain of growth and transformation. Know Yourself, First by Knowing Your Body, and the Details of Its Parts. Like the universe, many fragments of our bodies have their own names and can be individually identified. They have their own origins, histories, legends, and customs, accumulating profound meanings over millions of years. This is a book about the culture and wisdom of the human body. Flip through the pages, look back at history, and even the light-hearted anecdotes often interweave with sorrow and sacrifice.