Autore
Orrù, Alice

Titolo
The Signs of the Trade. Forerunners and Theorists of the «Physiognomy of Professions» in Nineteenth- Century Italy
Periodico
Reti, saperi, linguaggi
Anno: 2024 - Volume: 21 - Fascicolo: 1 - Pagina iniziale: 117 - Pagina finale: 134

Briefly tracing the origins of the debate, the article exposes the developments of the interdisciplinary tendency that, in the Italian context, claimed to identify the profession and craft as a physiognomic hallmark. Choosing a backward path, it compares the deterministic and fixist Lombrosian perspective (focused on the jobs of the criminal and the criminal as a job) and the different considerations of the profession as a habit (Mantegazza and the pioneers of the first half of the century). Far from being monolithic, such a comparison rather uncovers the intersection between the medical-anthropological and political-social planes, where the theatrical element constituted, metaphorically and otherwise, the real point of contact between the different traditions at stake.



SICI: 2279-7777(2024)21:1<117:TSOTTF>2.0.ZU;2-4
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