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02607aam a2200385Ii 4500 001 C26E8094807011EABE26D64B97128E48 003 SILO 005 20200417010021 008 190630s2020 enkaf b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 1350120987 020 $a 9781350120983 020 $a 9781350120990 020 $a 1350120995 035 $a (OCoLC)1106053267 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d BDX $d UKMGB $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d YDXIT $d AU@ $d XFF $d SILO 050 4 $a GT2050 $b .D38 2020 082 04 $a 391.609 $2 23 082 04 $a 391.4409 $2 23 100 1 $a Davies, Stephen, $d 1950- $e author. 245 10 $a Adornment : $b what self-decoration tells us about who we are / $c Stephen Davies. 264 1 $a London, UK ; $b Bloomsbury Academic, $c 2020. 300 $a viii, 264 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : $b illustrations (some color) ; $c 23 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a Elaborating the history, variety, pervasiveness, and function of the adornments and ornaments with which we beautify ourselves, this book takes in human prehistory, ancient civilizations, hunter-foragers, and present-day industrial societies to tell a captivating story of hair, skin, and make-up practices across times and cultures. From the decline of the hat, the function of jewelry and popularity of tattooing to the wealth of grave goods found in the Upper Paleolithic burials and body painting of the Nuba, we see that there is no one who does not adorn themselves, their possessions, or their environment. But what messages do these adornments send? Drawing on aesthetics, evolutionary history, archaeology, ethology, anthropology, psychology, cultural history, and gender studies, Stephen Davies brings together African, Australian and North and South American indigenous cultures and unites them around the theme of adornment. He shows us that adorning is one of the few social behaviors that is close to being genuinely universal, more typical and extensive than the high-minded activities we prefer to think of as marking our species religion, morality, and art. 650 0 $a Dress accessories $x History. 650 0 $a Body marking $x History. 650 0 $a Dress accessories $x Social aspects. 650 0 $a Body marking $x Social aspects. 650 7 $a Body marking. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00835373 650 7 $a Dress accessories. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00897974 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20220317024351.0 952 $l CEAX572 $d 20210728010828.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=C26E8094807011EABE26D64B97128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search