{"product_id":"mask-paperback-1","title":"Mask - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSharrona Pearl\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eIan Bogost\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eChristopher Schaberg\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eObject Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the theater mask and masquerade to the masked criminal and the rise of facial recognition software, masks have long performed as an instrument for the protection and concealment of identity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Even as they conceal and protect, masks - as faces - are an extension of the self. At the same time, they are a part of material culture: what are masks made of? What traces do they leave behind? Acknowledging that that mask-wearing has become increasingly weaponized and politicized, Sharrona Pearl looks at the politics of the mask, exploring how identity itself is read on this object. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy exploring who we do (and do not) seek to protect through different forms of masking, Sharrona Pearl's long history of masks helps us to better understand what it is we value. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eObject Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSharrona Pearl \u003c\/b\u003eis Associate Professor of Bioethics and History in the Health Care Administration Department at Drexel University, USA. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eDo I Know You? From Face Blindness to Super Recognition \u003c\/i\u003e(2023), \u003ci\u003eFace\/On: Face Transplants and the Ethics of the Other \u003c\/i\u003e(2017), and \u003ci\u003eA\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ebout Faces: Physiognomy in Nineteenth-Century Britain (\u003c\/i\u003e2010). Her writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003ePublic Books, Lilith Magazine, The Revealer\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, among others.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 136\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.55 x 6.38 x 4.65 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 30, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42726316965951,"sku":"9798765102404","price":17.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/8f365f26045fd71a2a65a000453da861.webp?v=1765110205","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/mask-paperback-1","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}