The Hybrid Face paradoxes of the visage in the digital era / edited by Massimo Leone.
| Other author | Leone, Massimo, 1975- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New York, NY : Routledge, 2024. |
| Description | 1 online resource |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Taylor & Francis eBooks |
| Subjects |
| Series | Routledge/FACETS advances in face studies |
| Partial contents | Masked Faces: A Tale of Functional Redeployment between Biology and Material Culture / Marco Viola -- Emerging Faces: The Figure-Ground Relation from Renaissance Painting to Deepfakes / Maria Giulia Dondero -- Evanescent Faces: A Semiotic Investigation of Digital Memorials and Commemorative Practices / Federico Bellentani. |
| Abstract | "This original and interdisciplinary volume explores the contemporary semiotic dimensions of the face from both scientific and socio-cultural perspectives, putting forward several traditions, aspects, and signs of the human utopia of creating a hybrid face. The book semiotically delves into the multifaceted realm of the digital face, exploring its biological and social functions, the concept of masks, the impact of COVID-19, AI systems, digital portraiture, symbolic faces in films, viral communication, alien depictions, personhood in video games, online intimacy, and digital memorials. The human face is increasingly living a life that is not only that of the biological body but also that of its digital avatar, spread through a myriad of new channels and transformable through filters, post-productions, digital cosmetics, all the way to the creation of deepfakes. The digital face expresses new and largely unknown meanings, which this book explores and analyzes through an interdisciplinary but systematic approach. The volume will interest researchers, scholars and advanced students who are interested in digital humanities, communication studies, semiotics, visual studies, visual anthropology, cultural studies, and, broadly speaking, in innovative approaches about the meaning of the face in present-day digital societies"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Source of description | Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Hybrid face New York, NY : Routledge, 2024 9781032455723 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2023037391 |
| ISBN | 9781003380047 (ebook) |
| ISBN | (hardback) |
| ISBN | (paperback) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |