Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction: Defining the Subject 1
4. I. Face and Mask: Changing Views
5. 1 Facial Expression, Masks of the Self, and Roles of the Face 17
6. 2 The Cult Origin of the Mask 32
7. 3 Masks in Colonial Museums 42
8. 4 Face and Mask in the Theater 48
9. 5 From the Study of the Face to Brain Research 63
10. 6 Nostalgia for the Face and the Death Mask in Modernity 77
11. 7 Eulogy for the Face: Rilke and Artaud 84
12. II. Portrait and Mask: The Face as Representation
13. 8 The European Portrait as Mask 91
14. 9 Face and Skull: Two Opposing Views 106
15. 10 The “Real Face” of the Icon and the “Similar Face” 118
16. 11 The Record of Memory and the Speech Act of the Face 126
17. 12 Rembrandt’s Self-Portraiture: Revolt against the Mask 135
18. 13 Silent Screams in the Glass Case: The Face Set Free 150
19. 14 Photography and Mask: Jorge Molder’s Own Alien Face 157
20. III. Media and Masks: The Production of Faces
21. 15 The Consumption of Media Faces 175
22. 16 Archives: Controlling the Faces of the Crowd 192
23. 17 Video and Live Image: The Flight from the Mask 205
24. 18 Ingmar Bergman and the Face in Film 211
25. 19 Overpainting and Replicating the Face: Signs of Crisis 221
26. 20 Mao’s Face: State Icon and Pop Idol 229
27. 21 Cyberfaces: Masks without Faces 239
28. Acknowledgments 247
29. Notes 249
30. Literature Cited 263
31. Index of Names 267