本书为公版书，为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品，供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。

"Beauty and the Beast" begins with a question: Is beauty destined to end in tragedy? Drawing on extensive fieldwork in Colombia, Michael Taussig scrutinizes the anxious, audacious, and sometimes destructive attempts people make to transform their bodies through cosmetic surgery and liposuction. He balances an examination of surgeries meant to enhance an individual's beauty with...(展开全部)

“Beauty and the Beast is an original work, surprising not only in its thesis but in its tone, pacing, and voice. It presents its case slowly and through digressions and returns, performing a way of theorizing through writing, training the reader to follow what’s going on as an ethnographer does—how everything matters, how we should just see where it all goes, and how we shouldn...(展开全部)

作者： 加布丽埃勒 - 苏珊·巴尔博·德维尔纳夫（1695—1755）出生于法国巴黎。她的作品受到同时代作家的影响，特别是《灰姑娘》的作者夏尔·佩罗和首位提出“fairy tales”（神话故事）之说的奥诺伊公爵夫人。加布丽埃勒 - 苏珊一生出版了多部小说，而她最广为人知的身份是《美女与野兽》的原作者。 绘者： 米娜利马（MinaLima）是一家一流的平面设计工作室，它的创始人是米拉波拉·米娜（Miraphora Mina）和爱德华多·利马（Eduardo Lima）。他们曾为《哈利·波特》系列电影工作了十年，为该系列电影打造了一种独特的视觉图像风格。在伦敦设立工作室以后，他们继续用视觉艺术语言来讲故事，设计的领域包括书籍装帧、包装设计以及为电影创作图形道具。他们曾参与的电影有《理发师陶德》（2007 年）、《金色罗盘》（2007 年）、《模仿游戏》...(展开全部)

Should western beauty practices, ranging from lipstick to labiaplasty, be included within the United Nations understandings of harmful traditional/cultural practices? By examining the role of common beauty practices in damaging the health of women, creating sexual difference, and enforcing female deference, this book argues that they should. In the 1970s feminists criticized p...(展开全部)

Should western beauty practices, ranging from lipstick to labiaplasty, be included within the United Nations understandings of harmful traditional/cultural practices? By examining the role of common beauty practices in damaging the health of women, creating sexual difference, and enforcing female deference, this book argues that they should. In the 1970s feminists criticized p...(展开全部)

Should western beauty practices, ranging from lipstick to labiaplasty, be included within the United Nations understandings of harmful traditional/cultural practices? By examining the role of common beauty practices in damaging the health of women, creating sexual difference, and enforcing female deference, this book argues that they should. In the 1970s feminists criticiz...(展开全部)

Mathematics, that breathtaking invention of ours that reveals the tiniest particles of matter and takes us to the outermost reaches of the cosmos, is found by many people to be intimidating. In The Universe and the Teacup, K. C. Cole demystifies mathematics and shows us-with humor and wonderfully accessible stories-why math need not be frightening. Using the O. J. Simpson trial...(展开全部)

柯爾　K. C. Cole 美國南加州大學安納堡傳播學院教授，《洛杉磯時報》科學專欄作家（1994年迄今），經常在《紐約客》、《紐約時報》、《新聞週刊》、《華盛頓郵報》、《哥倫比亞新聞評論》等媒體發表文章。 1995年、2004年、2005年三度獲得「美國最佳科學寫作獎」，200 2年獲得「美國最佳科學與自然寫作獎」。 由於頻頻獲獎，而有「科學寫作界之達文西」的封號。 著有《數學與頭腦相遇的地方》（The Universe and the Teacup）、《物理與頭腦相遇的地方》（First You Build a Cloud）等書。 柯爾女士成長於巴西首都里約熱內盧、美國紐約州，曾在東歐待過數年，早年的寫作焦點在政治評論與女性議題。 1980年代，與舊金山探險博物館（Exploratorium）創辦人法蘭克．歐本海默（Frank Oppenheim...(展开全部)

In this volume, the Italian novelist and playwright Umberto Eco aims to present a learned summary of mediaeval aesthetic ideas. Juxtaposing theology and science, poetry and mysticism, Eco explores the relationship that existed between the aesthetic theories and the artistic experience and practice of mediaeval culture.