Fay Bound Alberti: The Face, Gebunden
The Face
- A Cultural History
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- Verlag:
- Penguin Books Ltd, 02/2026
- Einband:
- Gebunden
- Sprache:
- Englisch
- ISBN-13:
- 9780241670712
- Artikelnummer:
- 12282778
- Umfang:
- 208 Seiten
- Gewicht:
- 500 g
- Maße:
- 240 x 156 mm
- Stärke:
- 28 mm
- Erscheinungstermin:
- 26.2.2026
- Hinweis
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Klappentext
A pioneering study into how we interpret faces and what they reveal about us, from a world-renowned cultural historian
What's in a face?
The face is the only part of the body where all the senses come together and, over the course of human history, has come to represent who we are as individuals. We unlock our phones with facial recognition; we have our faces stamped in our passports; and although our faces may change over the course of our lives - whether through ageing, accident, illness or lifestyle - they remain a foundational marker of identity.
In The Face , cultural historian Fay Bound Alberti explores the ways humans have interpreted faces and how they have shaped our ideas of morality, social hierarchy, psychology and so much more, revealing some of the biases that inform our everyday lives. She charts how new technologies and cultural innovations have transformed our conception of selfhood over time - from the growth of portraiture in the Renaissance and the mass production of mirrors and photography in the nineteenth century, to twenty-first century developments, such as digital avatars and face transplants.
Bringing together a wealth of fascinating research, interviews and illuminating personal narratives, Bound Alberti probes beneath the surface to ask what our faces really say about us.
Biografie
Dr Fay Bound Alberti is a writer and cultural historian who specialises in the study of medicine, emotions and gender. She has lectured at several UK universities, and has published on many aspects of early modern medicine and culture in major journals, including the Lancet, History Workshop Journal and Isis. She has also contributed to media debates on the history of medicine, including BBC Radio 4's In our Time with Melvyn Bragg, and The Eureka Years with Adam Hart-Davis. Previous publications include Medicine, Emotion and Disease (Palgrave, 2006). Fay is currently Senior Research Fellow in History at Queen Mary University of London, and Honorary Research Associate at the Wellcome Centre for the History of Medicine at UCL. She is also Policy Advisor for the Arcadia Fund, a charitable trust that protects endangered treasures of nature and culture.
