Drawing on studies of surface topography, image editing, and diagnostic and surgical experience, Faces Inside and Outside the Clinic addresses the notion of 'truth' in what are considered to be 'right' and 'wrong' faces, whether in clinical cosmetic procedures or in specific sociocultural contexts outside the clinic. With attention to the manner in which the human face - and often the individual herself or himself as a consequence - is physically defined, conceptually judged, numerically measured and clinically analysed, this book reveals that on closer inspection, supposedly objective and evidential 'truths' are in fact subjective and prescriptive.…mehr
Drawing on studies of surface topography, image editing, and diagnostic and surgical experience, Faces Inside and Outside the Clinic addresses the notion of 'truth' in what are considered to be 'right' and 'wrong' faces, whether in clinical cosmetic procedures or in specific sociocultural contexts outside the clinic. With attention to the manner in which the human face - and often the individual herself or himself as a consequence - is physically defined, conceptually judged, numerically measured and clinically analysed, this book reveals that on closer inspection, supposedly objective and evidential 'truths' are in fact subjective and prescriptive.
Tony McHugh is a research associate in the Department of Media, Music, Communication, and Cultural Studies at Macquarie University, Australia, and has three decades of diagnostic and surgical teaching experience at the University of Sydney, Australia.
Inhaltsangabe
List of Figures Acknowledgements Foreword A Note on the Typescript Introduction: The Human Face as... 1. Surfaces and Depths in and of the Face 2. Re-visioning Faces in Time and Space 3. Technologies and Techniques of and for the Face 4. The Face of An-Other as Oneself Conclusion References Index
List of Figures Acknowledgements Foreword A Note on the Typescript Introduction: The Human Face as... 1. Surfaces and Depths in and of the Face 2. Re-visioning Faces in Time and Space 3. Technologies and Techniques of and for the Face 4. The Face of An-Other as Oneself Conclusion References Index
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