Bodywatching: A Field Guide to the Human Species

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Crown, 1985 - Body image - 256 pages
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"This book is a visual celebration of the human form, with Desmond Morris leading us on a vastly entertaining and informative anecdotal guided tour of the body as he explores every visible body unit. He describes how each part works and how it signals emotions and attitudes or beliefs in the different cultures of the world."--[book jacket].

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BODYWATCHING: A Field Guide To The Human Species

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Morris is a blatant body-watcher, entranced by the human form in all its naked-apeness. He profits from his studies by producing pop works that combine some fact, some crack-fact, and a lot of what ... Read full review

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Contents

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THE NOSE THE EARS
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THE CHEEKS THE MOUTH
88
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About the author (1985)

Desmond Morris was born January 24, 1928 in Purton, North Wiltshire, United Kingdom. He is a British zoologist, ethologist, author, and surrealist painter. After Morris' military service, he attended the University of Birmingham and graduated in 1951 with a First Class Honours Degree in Zoology. In 1954, he received a D.Phil from Oxford University. After graduation, Morris was a Curator of Mammals at the London Zoo until 1966. Morris was a presenter of the ITV television program "Zoo Time" in the 1950s, but may be best-known for his 1967 best-selling book, The Naked Ape, which describes the evolution of human behavior from a zoological point-of-view. Morris has authored nearly fifty scientific publications.

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TitleBodywatching: A Field Guide to the Human Species
AuthorDesmond Morris
Editionillustrated
PublisherCrown, 1985
Original fromthe University of Michigan
DigitizedAug 4, 2009
ISBN0517558149, 9780517558140
Length256 pages
  
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