About faces : physiognomy in nineteenth-century Britain / Sharrona Pearl.
Pubblicazione:
Cambridge (Massachusetts) : Harvard university press, 2010.
Descrizione fisica:
XII, 288 p. : ill., ritr. ; 25 cm
Contiene:
Indice: List of figures. Acknowledgments. Introduction: Face facts. 1. Pocket physiognomy: sense in the city 2. Performing physiognomy: imitating art and life 3. Portrait physiognomy: communicating character 4. Caricature physiognomy: imaging communities 5. Photographic physiognomy: through a mediated mirror 6. Diagnostic physiognomy: from phrenology to fingerprints. Conclusion: Seeing ourselves. Notes. Index
