The Smile Revolution: In Eighteenth-Century Paris by Colin Jones CBE (English) P

Description: The Smile Revolution by Colin Jones CBE The story of how we learned to smile. A unique and untold story about a facial expression at the heart of modern western civilization. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description You could be forgiven for thinking that the smile has no history; it has always been the same. However, just as different cultures in our own day have different rules about smiling, so did different societies in the past. In fact, amazing as it might seem, it was only in late eighteenth century France that western civilization discovered the art of the smile. In the Old Regime of Teeth which prevailed in western Europe until then, smiling was quite literallyfrowned upon. Individuals were fatalistic about tooth loss, and their open mouths would often have been visually repulsive. Rules of conduct dating back to Antiquity disapproved of the opening of the mouthto express feelings in most social situations. Open and unrestrained smiling was associated with the impolite lower orders. In late eighteenth-century Paris, however, these age-old conventions changed, reflecting broader transformations in the way people expressed their feelings. This allowed the emergence of the modern smile par excellence: the open-mouthed smile which, while highlighting physical beauty and expressing individual identity, revealed white teeth.It was a transformation linked to changing patterns of politeness, new ideals of sensibility, shifts in styles of self-presentation - and, not least, the emergence of scientific dentistry. These changes seemedto usher in a revolution, a revolution in smiling. Yet if the French revolutionaries initially went about their business with a smile on their faces, the Reign of Terror soon wiped it off. Only in the twentieth century would the white-tooth smile re-emerge as an accepted model of self-presentation. In this entertaining, absorbing, and highly original work of cultural history, Colin Jones ranges from the history of art, literature, and culture to the history of science,medicine, and dentistry, to tell a unique and untold story about a facial expression at the heart of western civilization. Notes Paperback edition of the history of art, literature, culture, science, medicine and dentistry during the smile revolution on the eve of the Reign of Terror in 18th century Paris. Author Biography Colin Jones is Professor of History at Queen Mary University of London. He has published widely on French history, particularly on the eighteenth century, the French Revolution, and the history of medicine. His many books include The Medical World of Early Modern France (with Lawrence Brockliss, 1997), The Great Nation: France from Louis XV to Napoleon (2002), and Paris: Biography of a City (2004: winner of the Enid MacLeod Prize). He isa Fellow of the British Academy and Past President, Royal Historical Society. Table of Contents Introduction1: The Old Regime of Teeth2: The Smile of Sensibility3: Cometh the Dentist4: The Making of a Revolution5: The Transient Smile Revolution6: Beyond the Smile RevolutionPostscript: Towards the Twentieth-Century Smile RevolutionNotesIndex Review `Colin Jones knows as much about eighteenth century France as any man alive, and in this study he brings together his prodigious learning and robust curiosity to produce a book that should bring a smile to even the most sullen scholarly face ... Jones tells [his] tale with tremendous insight and wit, drawing on his knowledge of an astonishing array of disciplines and sub-disciplines, from the history of medicine to the history of art.Darrin M. McMahon, American Historical Review`A tour de force ... Tulletts book is a really successful social and cultural history.Karen Harvey, author of The Imposteress Rabbit Breeder`... the book... is, among other things, a secret history of dentistry and, because of Joness wit and erudition, one simply cant imagine the topic being more fascinatingly handled.Spears`...entertaining and highly readableNetwork Review, David Lorimer`an important contribution to the history of medicine as well as the history of the emotions...It is immensely readableReviews in History, Dr Jennifer Wallis`The most intriguing sections of Joness book examine the establishment of dentistry as a medical science and respectable profession in the 18th century.Jonathan Beckman, London Review of Books`highly readable, intelligent, unpretentious and even mischievous book... Joness ingenious and puckish book, poised between high culture and pop psychology, is both entertaining and informativeTLS, Patrice Higonnet`Politics, literature, dentistry and art are wrapped up in a brilliant piece of scholarship.Michael Prodger, Book of the Year 2014, New Statesman`fascinating explorationMary Beard, The Spectator`Fascinating bookThe Good Book Guide`It is, in short, an inspiring work by a master of the field.Anna Jenkin, French History`A combination of impressive learning and entertaining witHarriet Devine, Shiny New Books`In just 180 pages, Jones manages to be brilliant about painting, French literature and history, the sociology of emotional expression, and the hucksterish early history of the dental profession.The Slate, Books of the Year`The most original approach to history in years ... [Colin Jones] had written one of the most absorbing and unusual history books imaginableMichael Prodger, Sunday Times`immensely readableThe Connexion`The subject of Joness book may seem recondite, but it is a fascinating mouthful. In mixing dental minutiae, sweeping social history and vivid detail to show why the smile was no laughing matter but something both mutable and meaningful he has written one of the most absorbing and unusual history books imaginable.Michael Prodger, The Sunday Times`compelling Cheshire cat of a bookKathryn Hughes, Guardian`ingenious and puckish bookPatrice Higonnet, Times Literary Supplement`a marvellous, engaging and constantly enlightening studyJohn Brewer, Literary Review` The Smile Revolution is an education and an entertainment ... Colin Jones drills into his subject with wit, clarity and a fine theatrical flourish.James Hamilton, The Times`The intriguing untold story of how we learned to smile.The Bookseller`You will never look at an eighteenth-century portrait in the same way after you read these pages so filled with verve, wit, and insight. Colin Jones accomplishes the extraordinary feat of changing our view of the ordinary by showing us how teeth, smiles and laughing all gained profound significance.Lynn Hunt, author of Inventing Human Rights.`Readers of this witty, engaging study, which wears its wide-ranging scholarship lightly, will certainly find it impossible to keep a straight face.Malcolm Crook, History`It is a joy to read ... The book is innovative and interdisciplinary in the extreme, combing social, cultural, economic, political and medical history in such a way as to make connections appear entirely natural, and bringing such traditional fields together with the new methodologies of the history of the emotions. It is, in short, an inspiring work by a master of the field.Anna Jenkin, French History Long Description You could be forgiven for thinking that the smile has no history; it has always been the same. However, just as different cultures in our own day have different rules about smiling, so did different societies in the past. In fact, amazing as it might seem, it was only in late eighteenth century France that western civilization discovered the art of the smile. In the Old Regime of Teeth which prevailed in western Europe until then, smiling was quite literallyfrowned upon. Individuals were fatalistic about tooth loss, and their open mouths would often have been visually repulsive. Rules of conduct dating back to Antiquity disapproved of the opening of the mouthto express feelings in most social situations. Open and unrestrained smiling was associated with the impolite lower orders. In late eighteenth-century Paris, however, these age-old conventions changed, reflecting broader transformations in the way people expressed their feelings. This allowed the emergence of the modern smile par excellence: the open-mouthed smile which, while highlighting physical beauty and expressing individual identity, revealed white teeth.It was a transformation linked to changing patterns of politeness, new ideals of sensibility, shifts in styles of self-presentation - and, not least, the emergence of scientific dentistry. These changes seemedto usher in a revolution, a revolution in smiling. Yet if the French revolutionaries initially went about their business with a smile on their faces, the Reign of Terror soon wiped it off. Only in the twentieth century would the white-tooth smile re-emerge as an accepted model of self-presentation. In this entertaining, absorbing, and highly original work of cultural history, Colin Jones ranges from the history of art, literature, and culture to the history of science,medicine, and dentistry, to tell a unique and untold story about a facial expression at the heart of western civilization. Review Text Colin Jones knows as much about eighteenth century France as any man alive, and in this study he brings together his prodigious learning and robust curiosity to produce a book that should bring a smile to even the most sullen scholarly face ... Jones tells [his] tale with tremendous insight and wit, drawing on his knowledge of an astonishing array of disciplines and sub-disciplines, from the history of medicine to the history of art.Darrin M. McMahon, American Historical ReviewA tour de force ... Tulletts book is a really successful social and cultural history.Karen Harvey, author of The Imposteress Rabbit Breeder... the book... is, among other things, a secret history of dentistry and, because of Joness wit and erudition, one simply cant imagine the topic being more fascinatingly handled.Spears...entertaining and highly readableNetwork Review, David Lorimeran important contribution to the history of medicine as well as the history of the emotions...It is immensely readableReviews in History, Dr Jennifer WallisThe most intriguing sections of Joness book examine the establishment of dentistry as a medical science and respectable profession in the 18th century.Jonathan Beckman, London Review of Bookshighly readable, intelligent, unpretentious and even mischievous book... Joness ingenious and puckish book, poised between high culture and pop psychology, is both entertaining and informativeTLS, Patrice HigonnetPolitics, literature, dentistry and art are wrapped up in a brilliant piece of scholarship.Michael Prodger, Book of the Year 2014, New Statesmanfascinating explorationMary Beard, The SpectatorFascinating bookThe Good Book GuideIt is, in short, an inspiring work by a master of the field.Anna Jenkin, French HistoryA combination of impressive learning and entertaining witHarriet Devine, Shiny New BooksIn just 180 pages, Jones manages to be brilliant about painting, French literature and history, the sociology of emotional expression, and the hucksterish early history of the dental profession.The Slate, Books of the YearThe most original approach to history in years ... [Colin Jones] had written one of the most absorbing and unusual history books imaginableMichael Prodger, Sunday Timesimmensely readableThe ConnexionThe subject of Joness book may seem recondite, but it is a fascinating mouthful. In mixing dental minutiae, sweeping social history and vivid detail to show why the smile was no laughing matter but something both mutable and meaningful he has written one of the most absorbing and unusual history books imaginable.Michael Prodger, The Sunday Timescompelling Cheshire cat of a bookKathryn Hughes, Guardianingenious and puckish bookPatrice Higonnet, Times Literary Supplementa marvellous, engaging and constantly enlightening studyJohn Brewer, Literary Review The Smile Revolution is an education and an entertainment ... Colin Jones drills into his subject with wit, clarity and a fine theatrical flourish.James Hamilton, The TimesThe intriguing untold story of how we learned to smile.The BooksellerYou will never look at an eighteenth-century portrait in the same way after you read these pages so filled with verve, wit, and insight. Colin Jones accomplishes the extraordinary feat of changing our view of the ordinary by showing us how teeth, smiles and laughing all gained profound significance.Lynn Hunt, author of Inventing Human Rights.Readers of this witty, engaging study, which wears its wide-ranging scholarship lightly, will certainly find it impossible to keep a straight face.Malcolm Crook, HistoryIt is a joy to read ... The book is innovative and interdisciplinary in the extreme, combing social, cultural, economic, political and medical history in such a way as to make connections appear entirely natural, and bringing such traditional fields together with the new methodologies of the history of the emotions. It is, in short, an inspiring work by a master of the field.Anna Jenkin, French History Review Quote You will never look at an eighteenth-century portrait in the same way after you read these pages so filled with verve, wit, and insight. Colin Jones accomplishes the extraordinary feat of changing our view of the ordinary by showing us how teeth, smiles and laughing all gained profound significance. Feature How western civilization first discovered the smile - and learned to stop frowning at the art of smilingThe story of a smile revolution on the eve of political revolution in eighteenth century Paris - undoing centuries of western disdain for the practiceShows how the Reign of Terror soon wiped the smile off peoples faces - until the re-emergence of the smile in the twentieth centuryRanges from the history of art, literature, and culture, to science, medicine, and dentistry to reveal the true story of an expression at the heart of western civilization New Feature Introduction Chapter 1 The Old Regime of Teeth Chapter 2 The Smile of Sensibility Chapter 3 Cometh the Dentist Chapter 4 The Making of a Revolution Chapter 5 The Transient Smile Revolution Chapter 6 Beyond the Smile Revolution Postscript: Towards the Twentieth-Century Smile Revolution Notes Index Introduction 1. The Old Regime of Teeth 2. The Smile of Sensibility 3. Cometh the Dentist 4. The Making of a Revolution 5. The Transient Smile Revolution 6. Beyond the Smile Revolution Postscript: Towards the Twentieth-Century Smile Revolution Notes Index Details ISBN019871582X ISBN-10 019871582X ISBN-13 9780198715825 Format Paperback Language English Publisher Oxford University Press Year 2017 Media Book Pages 256 Imprint Oxford University Press Place of Publication Oxford Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 944.361034 Subtitle In Eighteenth-Century Paris Short Title The Smile Revolution Publication Date 2017-03-09 UK Release Date 2017-03-09 NZ Release Date 2017-03-09 Illustrations 48 black & white halftones Author Colin Jones CBE Alternative 9780198715818 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education AU Release Date 2017-03-20 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:101827224;

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