Cacas: The Encyclopedia of Poo
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Book Description
THE AUTHORITATIVE COMPENDIUM OF SHIT FROM ANTELOPE TO ZEBRA
Excrement, alley apples, manure, poo poo, number 2, crap, caca, cow pies, meadow muffins, feces, turds or merde. From the moment we're born to the moment we die, we produce it. It's as natural as breathing, but we can't bear to look at it, touch it or smell it. We produce it behind closed doors, dispose of it down clean white toilets, and never mention it in polite company. It's one of "civilized" society's last taboos. Enough! It's the world's most underrated product - in fact it's the Gross National Product of every country on earth. We can cook with it, garden with it, build with it, create controversial art with it, admire it and wear it. Each example is as unique as a snowflake and it's the ultimate renewable resource. It's time to celebrate shit!
All kidding aside, CACAS is a fascinating look at the incredible range of color, texture, size and shape of animal output from tiny cricket poop, and impressively spherical camel output to seriously gnarly llama droppings and, of course, human excreta. CACAS also expounds on related topics such as potty-training, bathroom-sharing etiquette, hemorrhoids, astronaut elimination protocol, toilet paper, synthetic poo for diaper-testing, enemas, and the vast number of things that can be done with shit if you are both tolerant and creative. At first this may sound gross, but it's actually really engrossing. We urge you to give poos a chance!
CACAS, the first ever encyclopedia of poo, is a project of COLORS magazine under the creative direction of Oliviero Toscani. COLORS has published bimonthly since 1992 in 80 countries worldwide, in 8 bilingual editions: English paired with Italian, Japanese, Croatian, German, Spanish, Greek, Russian and French. As is the case with every issue of COLORS, this book explores a single theme and exists thanks to United Colors of Benetton.
Cacas: The Encyclopedia of Poo,Colors Staff,Oliviero Toscani,Taschen,3822858773,Anthropology - Cultural,General,Photoessays & Documentaries,Photography,Science/Mathematics,Technology
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