Sit venia verbo: A case for dermacriticism

• Published in: Orbis litterarum Vol. 79; no. 5; pp. 449 - 471
• Main Author: Hron, Irina
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Malden Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.10.2024
• Subjects: affordance; dermacriticism; literature and art; skin; skinnedness

This article introduces the term “skinnedness” as a complementary notion to what we commonly refer to as skin. The term allows for a fundamental conceptual discussion that brings together human skin, animal skin, and other types of organic or artificial skin, such as fruit skin or the soft outer lay...