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The Facial Mask

[Fridlund 1994]:

We are all `persons' who speak from behind a mask ... . This `mask' is the musculature of our face, which regulates our social roles just as surely as the Greco-Roman mask did for the actor who wore it.

[ Figure 3.1.: The Facial Mask ([Pernkopf 1963]) ]

[ Table 3.1.: Major Mimetic Muscles of the Face and Scalp ([Fridlund 1994]) ]



Dafydd Gibbon
Mon Sep 14 14:35:18 MET DST 1998