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'Facing' identity in a 'Faceless' society : physiognomy, facial appearance and identity perception in eighteenth-century London
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Woods, Kathryn (2017) 'Facing' identity in a 'Faceless' society : physiognomy, facial appearance and identity perception in eighteenth-century London. Cultural and Social History, 14 (2). pp. 137-153. doi:10.1080/14780038.2017.1290998
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14780038.2017.1290998
Abstract
English men and women confronted many new questions about the relationship between identity and appearance during the eighteenth century. How did the face reveal information about a person’s character, morality, health, class, gender, nationality and race? How should faces be perceived in forms of social interaction?
Could appearances be trusted? Through analysis of physiognomic texts, urban literature, aesthetic treatises, conduct books and cosmetic manuals, this article examines the changing social and cultural meanings attached to the face, and developments in the ways contemporary authors advised it should be ‘read’ as a signifier of character, identity and social difference in eighteenth-century London
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology | ||||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Arts > History | ||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Physiognomy -- London (England) -- 18th century, Identity (Psychology), Expression (Philosophy) | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Cultural and Social History | ||||||
| Publisher: | Routledge | ||||||
| ISSN: | 1478-0038 | ||||||
| Official Date: | 1 March 2017 | ||||||
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| Volume: | 14 | ||||||
| Number: | 2 | ||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 137-153 | ||||||
| DOI: | 10.1080/14780038.2017.1290998 | ||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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