Discerning characters : the culture of appearance in early America /
In this wide-ranging study of the intersections between visual and literary culture, Christopher J. Lukasik demonstrates how late 18th-century physiognomy transformed the relationship of facial characteristics to social distinction in early American culture.
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| Language: | English |
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Philadelphia :
University of Pennsylvania Press,
©2011.
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| Series: | Early American studies.
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Table of Contents:
- Discerning characters
- Reading and breeding
- The face of seduction
- The face of the public
- The invisible aristocrat
- The physiognomic fallacy.