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Since the 1960s, a significant effort has been underway to program computers to “see” the
human face—to develop automated systems for identifying faces and distinguishing them …

In this captivating book Anthony Synnott explores a subject which has been woefully
ignored: our bodies. He surveys the history for thinking about the body and the senses, then …

Across Victorian Britain, apparently reasonable people twisted into bizarre postures, called
out in unknown languages, and placidly bore assaults that should have caused unbearable …

In May 1853, Charles Dickens paid a visit to the “savages at Hyde Park Corner,” an
exhibition of thirteen imported Zulus performing cultural rites ranging from songs and dances …

This innovative and critically acclaimed study successfully challenges the traditional view
that Charlotte Brontë existed in a historical vacuum, by setting her work firmly within the …

This is the first major full-length study of Victorian Gothic fiction. Combining original readings
of familiar texts with a rich store of historical sources, A Geography of Victorian Gothic Fiction …

The royal Parisian botanical garden, the Jardin du Roi, was a jewel in the crown of the
French Old Regime, praised by both rulers and scientific practitioners. Yet unlike many such …

Power and Knowledge charts a history of three ancient scientiae in the Roman Empire--
astrology, medical prognosis, and physiognomy (the art of discerning character or destiny …

This book examines the nature of the self and self-identity in the modern age, and the way in
which they have been moulded through the alteration of bodily appearance, exemplified …