Face
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https://doi.org/10.17184/eac.anthropen.065Keywords:
Recognition, Identity, Racism, Mask, LoveAbstract
Mutual recognition occurs with one’s face. With a bare face, individuals are recognized, named, judged, gendered, given an age, a skin tone, a level of seductiveness. Faces are loved, hated, or remain anonymous, lost in the indifference of a crowd.
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