The Skin I Am In

Duration: 60 minutes

In this ambitious and brilliant book, Skin Deep, author and historian Phillipa McGuinness writes about our largest organ, our outer shell, and its relation to our inner selves. What has the biology of skin to do with race? (Hint: not a lot.) What is the erotic power of touch? And the propulsion of violence? How do we communicate through our skin? Skin Deep explores the social, political and cultural ideas of skin.

Phillipa McGuiness in conversation with Christine Jackman