The Language of the Face
Stories of Its Uniquely Expressive Features
- Hardcover
256 pages
- Release Date
25 April 2023
Summary
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 m…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262047531 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0262047535 |
| Author: | Frank Gonzalez-Crussi |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 25 April 2023 |
| Weight: | 567g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
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“Gonzalez-Crussi employs a full expression of sources and draws from a range of disciplines … all of it expressed with verve, wit, and a contagious enthusiasm and curiosity.”
– Boston Globe
About The Author
Frank Gonzalez-Crussi
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.
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