Author: HOFF, TORY.
Title: Theories of Body Expression in Their Historical Relationship to Psychological Concepts
Description: 1990. Size [603pp, 75 illustr, primary sources, secondary sources] (Dissertation for York University, 1990, supervised by Kurt Danziger, David Bakan, and Ray Fancher. A survey of theories regarding the psychological meaning of the shape and movement of the human physique, from Renaissance theory to the 20th century, with special reference to phrenological theory of the 19th century following by Darwinian theories of expression and psychophysiology. The survey reveals the way that theories of body expression reflected current theories of mind, body, science, and art from one era of Western history to another.) Unbound manuscript copy with photocopies of illustrations, unmarked text, extra shipping costs due to weight, Very Good

Keywords: history of; psychology; physiognomy; phrenology; body language; gesture; metoposcopy; body attitude; history of anatomy


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