{"product_id":"face-a-visual-odyssey","title":"Face: A Visual Odyssey","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Jessica Helfand\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eBy turns alarming and awe-inspiring, \u003cem\u003eFace\u003c\/em\u003e offers up an elaborately illustrated A to Z—from the didactic anthropometry of the late-nineteenth century to the selfie-obsessed zeitgeist of the twenty-first.\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eGraphic designer and writer Jessica Helfand looks at the cultural significance of the face through a critical lens, both as social currency and as palimpsest of history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInvestigating everything from historical mugshots to Instagram posts, she examines how the face has been perceived and represented over time; how it has been instrumentalized by others; and how we have reclaimed it for our own purposes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom vintage advertisements for a “nose adjuster” to contemporary artists who reconsider the visual construction of race, \u003cem\u003eFace\u003c\/em\u003e delivers an intimate yet kaleidoscopic adventure while posing universal questions about identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDesigned by Jessica Helfand and Jarrett Fuller\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished by the MIT Press, 2019\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardcover, 280 pages, 180 color and 70 b\u0026amp;w images, 7 × 9.875 inches\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eISBN: 978-0-26-204342-7\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Curated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48265359556779,"sku":"jma1792047922737","price":25.57,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0774\/6630\/4683\/files\/face-a-visual-odyssey_1.jpg?v=1792047928","url":"https:\/\/hempdurablewear.shop\/products\/face-a-visual-odyssey","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}