An elaborately illustrated A to Z of the face, from historical
mugshots to Instagram posts. By turns alarming and awe-inspiring,
Face offers up an elaborately illustrated A to Z-from the didactic
anthropometry of the late-nineteenth century to the selfie-obsessed
zeitgeist of the twenty-first. Jessica Helfand looks at the
cultural significance of the face through a critical lens, both as
social currency and as palimpsest of history. Investigating
everything from historical mugshots to Instagram posts, she
examines how the face has been perceived and represented over time;
how it has been instrumentalized by others; and how we have
reclaimed it for our own purposes. From vintage advertisements for
a "nose adjuster" to contemporary artists who reconsider the visual
construction of race, Face delivers an intimate yet kaleidoscopic
adventure while posing universal questions about identity.
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