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The Language of the Face
Stories of Its Uniquely Expressive Features
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Artikel-Nr:
9780262047531
Veröffentl:
2023
Erscheinungsdatum:
07.03.2023
Seiten:
256
Autor:
Frank Gonzalez-Crussi
Gewicht:
528 g
Format:
233x159x26 mm
Sprache:
Deutsch
Beschreibung:
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).
"This book offers an original, multifaceted view of physiognomy, which invites the reader to reflect on the mystery of the human face"--
Introductory Note vii1 Of Noses Comic, Dramatic, Lost and Recovered 12 Nasology: The Long and the Short of It 273 Of Eyes and Their Hidden Powers 514 The Thralldom of Darkness and some Escapes 775 The Lips 1036 On Some of Physiognomy's Growing Pains 1377 On Beauty's Uneven Lot 1618 On Being Ugly 1879 The Face of a Very Trivial Death: A Short Story by Way of Epilogue 211Notes 217Index 237