The face : a cultural history

Alberti, Fay Bound, 1971-2026

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What's in a face? The face is one of our quintessential features and is the only part of the body where all the senses come together: smell, taste, sight, touch, hearing. Though your face might change over the course of your life - whether through ageing, accident, illness or lifestyle - it remains a foundational marker of your identity. In 'The Face', cultural historian Fay Bound Alberti explores the ways humans have interpreted faces and correlated their features with ideas of morality, social hierarchy, psychology and so much more, revealing some of the cultural biases that inform the interactions of our everyday lives.