The Notary's Nose, and Other Stories
Author : Edmond About
Publisher :
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 24,82 MB
Release : 1882
Category :
ISBN :
Author : Edmond About
Publisher :
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 24,82 MB
Release : 1882
Category :
ISBN :
Author : Charles R. Rode
Publisher :
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 16,8 MB
Release : 1863
Category : American literature
ISBN :
Author : Frank Gonzalez-Crussi
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 27,27 MB
Release : 2023-03-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0262047535
A broad and riveting cultural history of physiognomy, exploring how the desire to divine deeper meaning from our looks has compelled humans for millennia. How do you read a face? For thousands of years, artists, philosophers, and scientists have explored the question of what our outer appearance might reveal about our inner selves. In The Language of the Face, a marvelously comprehensive exploration of the pseudoscience of physiognomy, Frank Gonzalez-Crussi considers over a millennium’s worth of primary sources to paint a splendid portrait of the face’s cultural symbology. Gonzalez-Crussi, an acclaimed pathologist and writer, transcends disciplines with a singular balance of depth and levity. Blending literary analysis of both ancient and modern texts with the insights of medical anthropology, his narrative ranges from an investigation into “nasal semiotics”—a subject whose legacy persists most destructively in myths of racial typology—to equally astute analyses of the thrills of the erotic kiss, the diagnostic art of astrology, and the enlightening qualities of supposed ugliness. While our appearances may ultimately be no more than surface-level signifiers of identity, Gonzalez-Crussi’s work is anything but superficial in its treatment of the consummately human urge to find profound meaning amidst seemingly arbitrary attributes. As rigorously researched as it is wildly entertaining, The Language of the Face is a vibrant contribution to both the emerging field of medical humanities and the popular understanding of aesthetics and physiology at large.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 47,61 MB
Release : 1874
Category : Literature
ISBN :
Author : Samuel Johnson
Publisher :
Page : 1102 pages
File Size : 28,90 MB
Release : 1833
Category :
ISBN :
Author : Samuel Johnson
Publisher :
Page : 720 pages
File Size : 10,58 MB
Release : 1828
Category :
ISBN :
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 42,8 MB
Release : 1866
Category :
ISBN :
Author : John Ash
Publisher :
Page : 602 pages
File Size : 43,10 MB
Release : 1775
Category : English language
ISBN :
Author : John Walker
Publisher :
Page : 792 pages
File Size : 24,93 MB
Release : 1822
Category : English language
ISBN :
Author : John Walker
Publisher :
Page : 800 pages
File Size : 34,34 MB
Release : 1819
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
ISBN :