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Lip Service: Smiles in Life, Death, Trust, Lies, Work, Memory, Sex, and Politics
When someone smiles, the effects are often positive: a glum mood lifts; an apology is accepted; a deal is struck; a flirtation begins. But not all smiles are equally benign: a rival grins to get under your skin; a bully's smirk unsettles his mark. Who flashes more fake smiles, popular kids or unpopular kids? Is it good or bad when a bereaved person smiles? Much more than c...more
Hardcover, 336 pages
Published
July 25th 2011
by W. W. Norton & Company
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A popularization of psychology, physiology and neurobiology research on smiling, with amusing and illuminating results--babies and the "don't eat me smile," autistic children learning smiling more easily from robots than people, cultural smiling norms (US North vs. South, French vs. American), rating politicians' smiles, the racial overtones of requiring Pullman porters to smile at travelers, why people smile at cameras, photos people choose to put on Facebook, the emotional toll on caregivers w...more
This book was both interesting and informative.
As Freud saw it, therapy was deemed successful when neurotic misery had been converted into ordinary unhappiness. (Page 69)
Mark Granovetter called some of these skin deep interactions weak ties and argues that they do important social work. (Page 71)
"There are few domains where the act of smiling is more volitional, less spontaneous and more premeditated than in political campaingns - except maybe in sales and megachurches. (Page 125)
"Curious about...more
As Freud saw it, therapy was deemed successful when neurotic misery had been converted into ordinary unhappiness. (Page 69)
Mark Granovetter called some of these skin deep interactions weak ties and argues that they do important social work. (Page 71)
"There are few domains where the act of smiling is more volitional, less spontaneous and more premeditated than in political campaingns - except maybe in sales and megachurches. (Page 125)
"Curious about...more
So what can you write about a simple smile? Apparently, a lot. Marianne LaFrance, a psychology professor at Yale, has assembled a body of work that proves a smile is not so simple. In fact, she dissects the science of a smile; including the latest research in psychology, medicine, anthropology, brain science, and computer science to move you beyond the obvious intepretations of a smile; ultimately answering the question which motivated her research: how and when do people smile?
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Okay, so basically , there is a difference between our 'Duchenne' (real) and non-Duchenne (fake, not using our eyes) smiles. Lip Service is most interesting in the latter half, when it discusses gender roles, the gay community and Southern gentlemen. A fairly quick read, pretty interesting.
Ultimately is an interesting read, but not as well-organized as I would've liked.
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Marianne LaFrance received her PhD from Boston University. She is now a professor at Yale University, and her research has been featured in media outlets such as NPR, the BBC, and the New York Times. She lives in Guilford, Connecticut.
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