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In the Flesh? Anthropodermic Bibliopegy Verification and Its Implications

RBM : a journal of rare books, manuscripts, and cultural heritage, 2016-10, Vol.17 (2), p.118 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

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In the Flesh? Anthropodermic Bibliopegy Verification and Its Implications
Author: Gordon, Jacob
Subjects: bibliographical ; binding ; Book binding ; printing ; Skin
Is Part Of: RBM : a journal of rare books, manuscripts, and cultural heritage, 2016-10, Vol.17 (2), p.118
Description: Anthropodermic bibliopegy, the process of binding books in human skin, was a secretive practice that fell out of favor in the early twentieth century. Initially driven by the books' owners and anatomists, many of these items have now made their way into institutional collections. As with change in ownership, so too do societal expectations change and need to be addressed. For most of these books, "many of the documented cases and extant texts where provenance is established, the remains are of European skin-origin. This market was supplied with bodies that were disproportionally drawn from the marginalized people, especially black or poverty-stricken populations. In more direct terms, it is a debate between respectful treatment of human remains and the role of research repositories. What follows is an exploration of attempts to verify anthropodermic volumes and the different ways their holding institutions dealt with their results.
Publisher: Chicago: American Library Association
Language: English
Identifier: ISSN: 1529-6407
EISSN: 2150-668X
Source: Alma/SFX Local Collection
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