xiii, 260 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) 24 cm
Contents
Biology. Skin's natural palette ; Original skin ; Out of the tropics ; Skin color in the modern world ; Shades of sex ; Skin color and health -- Society. The discriminating primate ; Encounters with difference ; Skin color in the age of exploration ; Skin color and the establishment of races ; Institutional slavery and the politics of pigmentation ; Skin colors and their variable meanings ; Aspiring to lightness ; Desiring darkness ; Living in color.