People are often inclined to view our gestures as something 'natural. Yet a closer look at history tells us that they change from one period to another, and that these changes can provide us with vital insights into social and cultural developments of the past. This important and exciting book, now available in paperback, sets out to explore such changes in the development of gestures - from modes of walking and oratorial gesture in Greece and Rome to the origin of the modern handshake, from the arm akimbo in Renaissance ...
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People are often inclined to view our gestures as something 'natural. Yet a closer look at history tells us that they change from one period to another, and that these changes can provide us with vital insights into social and cultural developments of the past. This important and exciting book, now available in paperback, sets out to explore such changes in the development of gestures - from modes of walking and oratorial gesture in Greece and Rome to the origin of the modern handshake, from the arm akimbo in Renaissance portraiture to early modern table manners, from Spanish tavern sociability to the modern kiss.These discrete accounts place the history of gestures in their wider cultural context and together form a vivid and fascinating picture of life and manners through the centuries.
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Add this copy of A Cultural History of Gesture: From Antiquity to the to cart. $34.54, fair condition, Sold by Anybook rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Lincoln, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1993 by Polity Press.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has soft covers. Clean from markings. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 500grams, ISBN: 9780745611013.
Add this copy of Cultural History of Gesture to cart. $32.00, very good condition, Sold by A Cappella Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Atlanta, GA, UNITED STATES, published 1993 by n/a.
