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The disfigured face in American literature, film, and television by Cornelia Klecker (editor), Gudrun M. Grabher (editor) is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
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<p>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 for sin. Complemented by an original poem b
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- Author
- Cornelia Klecker (editor), Gudrun M. Grabher (editor)
- Publisher
- Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
- Published
- 2022
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781000488210
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- History, Sociology, Science
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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