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Auteur(s) : DeMello, Margo (1964-....)
Titre(s) : Faces around the world [Texte imprimé] : a cultural encyclopedia of the human face / Margo DeMello
Publication : Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, 2012
Description matérielle : xx, 337 p. : ill. ; 26 cm
Comprend : Acne ; Acupuncture ; African American ; Aging ; Animal facial expressions ; Anthropometry
and craniometry ; Artistic representation ; Ash Wednesday ; Australia and New Zealand
; Baptism ; Beauty ; Bindi ; Blackface ; Braces ; Buddhism ; Caricatures ;
Central America ; Chakras ; Cheek piercings and cheek plugs ; China ; Christianity
; Cosmetic surgery ; Cosmetics ; Crowns and headdresses ; Day of the Dead ; Death
masks ; Dental care ; Diprosopus ; Disorders of the face ; Ear piercing ; Ear
shaping ; Ear spools and plugs ; Earlobe stretching ; Easter Island ; Egypt ;
Emoticon ; England ; Epicanthic fold ; Evil Eye ; Evolution of the face ; Eye
contact ; Eyebrow grooming ; Eyeglasses and contacts ; Face folklore ; Face painting
; Face perception ; Face reading ; Face saving and losing face ; Face transplant
; Facebook ; Facial care ; Facial expressions ; Facial features ; Facial hair
and removal ; Facial piercing ; Facial portraits in tattoos ; Facial proverbs,
idioms, and metaphors ; Facial reflexology ; Facial symmetry ; Facial tattoos ;
Famous faces ; Fawkes, Guy ; Freckles, moles, and birthmarks ; Geisha ; Gender
; Greco-Roman cultures ; Gurning ; Halloween ; Halo ; Head binding ; Head hunting
; Henna ; Hypertrichosis and hirsutism ; Identity ; Image of Edessa ; India ;
Inuit ; Janus ; Japan ; Jewelry ; Judaism ; Kohl ; Korea ; Labrets, lip plugs,
and lip plates ; Makapansgat pebble ; Mardi Gras ; Masked characters ; Masks ;
Masquerade ; Middle East ; Mimes and clowns ; Moko ; Mongolia ; Mug shot ; Mummery
; Native North America ; Neck rings ; New Guinea ; North Africa ; Nose piercing
; Oral piercing ; Permanent makeup ; Physiognomy and phrenology ; Prosopagnosia
; Race ; Religious beliefs ; Russia and Siberia ; Scarification ; Scars ; Sex
and sexuality ; Shamanism ; Shroud of Turin ; Sign language ; Skin bleaching and
tanning ; Skin colors and disorders ; Slang terms ; South America ; Sub-Saharan
Africa ; Sumptuary laws ; Teeth filing ; Teeth painting ; Teeth whitening ; Theater
; Tibet and Nepal ; Tongue piercing ; Tongue splitting ; Unibrow ; Veil of Veronica
; Veiling ; Warts.
Topical list of entries. Modification of the face ; Adornment of the face ; Facial
expressions ; Body image ; Thematic issues ; Religions beliefs ; Representations
of the face ; Health issues ; Cultural issues ; Aging ; Grooming ; Cultures.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical reference (p. 309-320) and index
"This book provides a comprehensive examination of the human face, providing fascinating
information from biological, cultural, and social perspectives"--
Sujet(s) : Visage
Genre ou forme : Encyclopédies
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781598846171 (hardback). - ISBN 1598846175 (hardback). - ISBN 9781598846188
(ebook). - ISBN 1598846183 (ebook)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb42725436p
Notice n° :
FRBNF42725436
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
