About faces: physiognomy in nineteenth-century Britain
By: Sharrona Pearl.
Publisher: Harvard University Press; Brand: Harvard University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 302
ISBN-13: 9780674036048
Subjects: Physiognomy -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century; Facial expression -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century; Face perception -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: face facts; title: Pocket physiognomy: sense in the city; title: Performing physiognomy: imitating art and life; title: Portrait physiognomy: communicating character; title: Caricature physiognomy: imaging communities; title: Photographic physiognomy: through a mediated mirror; title: Diagnostic physiognomy: from phrenology to fingerprints; title: Conclusion: seeing ourselves.