Chapters in this book

1. Front matter i
2. Contents v
3. List of illustrations vii
4. Acknowledgments xv
5. Plates xvii
6. 1 Introduction 1
7. 2 The surface’s substance 17
8. 3 Nervous canvas 65
9. 4 Sensitive limit 107
10. 5 Skin colour 143
11. 6 Seeing through the skin 193
12. 7 Hermetic borderline 237
13. 8 Epilogue: segregation 274
14. Select bibliography 281
15. Index 304