The Disfigured Face in American Literature, Film, and Television

Bys: Cornelia Klecker and Gudrun Grabher

Book Overview

The face, being prominent and visible, is the foremost marker of a person's identity as well as their major tool of communication. Facial disfigurements, congenital or acquired, not only erase these significant capacities, but since ancient times, they have been conjured up as outrageous and terrifying, often connoting evil or criminality in their associations - a dark secret being suggested "behind the mask," the disfigurement indicating punishment...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367743140
• ISBN13: 9780367743147
• Release Date: September 2023
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 216 Pages