About Faces

Physiognomy in Nineteenth-Century Britain

Sharrona Pearl

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$73.00 • £63.95 • €66.95

ISBN 9780674036048

Publication Date: 02/25/2010

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302 pages

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

41 halftones, 35 numbered figures

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List of Figures
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Face Facts
1. Pocket Physiognomy: Sense in the City
2. Performing Physiognomy: Imitating Art and Life
3. Portrait Physiognomy: Communicating Character
4. Caricature Physiognomy: Imaging Communities
5. Photographic Physiognomy: Through a Mediated Mirror
6. Diagnostic Physiognomy: From Phrenology to Fingerprints
Conclusion: Seeing Ourselves
Notes
Index

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