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Subject(s)

• Face—Encyclopedias [Browse]

Library of Congress genre(s)

• Encyclopedias [Browse]

Summary note

"This book provides a comprehensive examination of the human face, providing fascinating information from biological, cultural, and social perspectives"-- Provided by publisher.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical reference (p. 309-320) and index.

Contents

• 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
• Body image
• Thematic issues
• Religions beliefs
• Representations of the face
• Health issues
• Cultural issues
• Grooming
• Cultures.

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ISBN

• 9781598846171 (hardback)
• 1598846175 (hardback)
• 9781598846188 (ebook)
• 1598846183 (ebook)

LCCN

2011036438

OCLC

745980470

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