Frank Gonzalez-Crussi

The Language of the Face

Stories of Its Uniquely Expressive Features

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"This book offers an original, multifaceted view of physiognomy, which invites the reader to reflect on the mystery of the human face"--

Produktdetails

• Verlag: MIT Press Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. März 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 159mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 532g
• ISBN-13: 9780262047531
• ISBN-10: 0262047535
• Artikelnr.: 64364502

Autorenporträt

Frank Gonzalez-Crussi is Professor Emeritus of Pathology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, where he specialized in pediatric pathology. He is the author of 22 books in both English and Spanish, including The Body Fantastic (MIT Press).

Inhaltsangabe

Introductory Note vii
1 Of Noses Comic, Dramatic, Lost and Recovered 1
2 Nasology: The Long and the Short of It 27
3 Of Eyes and Their Hidden Powers 51
4 The Thralldom of Darkness and some Escapes 77
5 The Lips 103
6 On Some of Physiognomy's Growing Pains 137
7 On Beauty's Uneven Lot 161
8 On Being Ugly 187
9 The Face of a Very Trivial Death: A Short Story by Way of Epilogue 211
Notes 217
Index 237