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Book Synopsis
In this extensively illustrated book, Thomas Morawetz explores how the creation of transformational makeup for theatre, movies, and television fulfills the fundamental human fantasy of self-transformation and satisfies the human desire to become "the othe

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"This book is entirely unique, very well written, dramatic, and, at the same time, philosophical. It is likely to appeal to a very large audience, including anybody interested in the visual arts, in film, in theater, in philosophical problems of transformation, and in the unconscious generally." -Melvin R. Lansky, M.D., UCLA Medical School and Los Angeles Psychoanalytic Institute

Table of Contents
  • Introduction
  • Part I: The Culture and Art of Transformation
    • 1. The Significance and Invention of Faces
    • 2. The Culture of Transformation
    • 3. The Art of Transformation
  • Part II: The Practice of Transformation
    • 4. The Demonic
    • 5. Aliens
    • 6. Disguise for Its Own Sake
    • 7. Variant Selves
    • 8. Impersonation
    • 9. Beyond Human
  • Afterthoughts
  • Photo Credits

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      Publisher: University of Texas Press
      Publication Date: 01/08/2001
      ISBN13: 9780292752474, 978-0292752474
      ISBN10: 0292752474
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      In this extensively illustrated book, Thomas Morawetz explores how the creation of transformational makeup for theatre, movies, and television fulfills the fundamental human fantasy of self-transformation and satisfies the human desire to become "the othe

      Trade Review
      "This book is entirely unique, very well written, dramatic, and, at the same time, philosophical. It is likely to appeal to a very large audience, including anybody interested in the visual arts, in film, in theater, in philosophical problems of transformation, and in the unconscious generally." -Melvin R. Lansky, M.D., UCLA Medical School and Los Angeles Psychoanalytic Institute

      Table of Contents
      • Introduction
      • Part I: The Culture and Art of Transformation
        • 1. The Significance and Invention of Faces
        • 2. The Culture of Transformation
        • 3. The Art of Transformation
      • Part II: The Practice of Transformation
        • 4. The Demonic
        • 5. Aliens
        • 6. Disguise for Its Own Sake
        • 7. Variant Selves
        • 8. Impersonation
        • 9. Beyond Human
      • Afterthoughts
      • Photo Credits

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