Touching: The Human Significance of the Skin

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Touching: The Human Significance of the Skin is a seminal work of anthropology and psychology that explores the crucial role of human skin and physical contact in emotional development, communication, and social bonding.


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instanceOf anthropology book
book
non-fiction book
psychology book
author Ashley Montagu NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States
describedAs classic in humanistic psychology
seminal work on the psychology of touch
fieldOfStudy anthropology
human development
psychology
genre popular science
hasEdition revised edition
hasFormat hardcover
paperback
influenced research on infant-mother bonding
studies of tactile communication
language English
mainSubject communication
emotional development
human skin
physical contact
social bonding
touch
publicationYear 1971
publisher Harper & Row NERFINISHED
topic body image
effects of touch deprivation
human attachment
importance of touch in infancy
sensory perception
social communication

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Ashley Montagu
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