Through the figure of Josephine Baker, Second Skin tells the story of an unexpected yet enduring intimacy between the invention of a modernist style and the theatricalization of black skin at the turn of the twentieth century. Stepping outside of the platitudes surrounding this iconic figure, Anne Anlin Cheng argues that Baker's famous nakedness must be understood within large...(展开全部)

Through the figure of Josephine Baker, Second Skin tells the story of an unexpected yet enduring intimacy between the invention of a modernist style and the theatricalization of black skin at the turn of the twentieth century. Stepping outside of the platitudes surrounding this iconic figure, Anne A. Cheng argues that Baker's famous nakedness must be understood within larger ph...(展开全部)

What does a Black burlesque star have to do with some of the most enduring and passionate ideas in modern aesthetic theory? Josephine Baker emerges in this previously untold story as a principal figure in the drama behind the making of Euro-American modernism. Instead of seeing her nude performances as a primitivist given, the author argues that Baker’s skin was central to heat...(展开全部)

In this examination of the monster as cultural object, Judith Halberstam offers a rereading of the monstrous that revises our view of the Gothic. Moving from the nineteenth century and the works of Shelley, Stevenson, Stoker, and Wilde to contemporary horror film exemplified by such movies as "Silence of the Lambs," "Texas Chainsaw Massacre," and "Candyman," "Skin Shows" unders...(展开全部)

“It is a shameful thing to win a war.” The reliably unorthodox Curzio Malaparte’s own service as an Italian liaison officer with the Allies during the invasion of Italy was the basis for this searing and surreal novel, in which the contradictions inherent in any attempt to simultaneously conquer and liberate a people beset the triumphant but ingenuous American forces as they ma...(展开全部)

库尔齐奥▪马拉巴特（1898-1957） Curzio Malaparte 意大利作家、记者、外交官。因其代表作《完蛋》（1944）、《皮》（1949）等获得国际声誉。1951年导演电影《被禁止的基督》，提名戛纳电影节金棕榈奖，获柏林电影节柏林市特别奖。

In his classic thriller The Bone Collector, Jeffery Deaver introduced readers to Lincoln Rhyme-the nation's most renowned investigator and forensic detective. Now, a new killer is on the loose: a criminal inspired by the Bone Collector. And Rhyme must untangle the twisted web of clues before the killer targets more victims-or Rhyme himself.

杰夫里·迪弗，一九五○年出生于芝加哥，十一岁时写出了第一本小说，从此笔耕不辍。迪弗毕业于密苏里大学新闻系，后进入福德汉姆法学院研修法律，在法律界实践了一段时间后，在华尔街一家大律师事务所开始了律师生涯。他兴趣广泛，曾自己写歌、唱歌，进行巡演，也曾当过杂志社记者。与此同时，他开始发展自己真正的兴趣：写悬疑小说。一九九○年起，迪弗成为一名全职作家。 迄今为止，迪弗共获得六次 MWA（美国推理小说作家协会）的爱伦·坡奖提名、一次尼禄·沃尔夫奖、一次安东尼奖和三次埃勒里·奎因最佳短篇小说读者奖。迪弗的小说被翻译成三十五种语言，多次登上世界各地的畅销书排行榜。包括名作《人骨拼图》在内，他有三部作品被搬上银幕，同时也为享誉世界的詹姆斯·邦德系列创作了最新官方小说《自由裁决》。迪弗的作品素以悬念重重、不断反转的情节著称，常常在小说的结尾推翻或多次推翻之前的结论，犹...(展开全部)

Few modern voices have had as profound an impact on the black identity and critical race theory as Frantz Fanon, and Black Skin, White Masks represents some of his most important work. Fanon's masterwork is now available in a new translation that updates its language for a new generation of readers. A major influence on civil rights, anti-colonial, and black consciousness movem...(展开全部)

We expose it, cover it, paint it, tattoo it, scar it, and pierce it. Our intimate connection with the world, skin protects us while advertising our health, our identity, and our individuality. This dazzling synthetic overview is a complete guidebook to the pliable covering that makes us who we are. "Skin: A Natural History" celebrates the evolution of three unique attributes of...(展开全部)