Andrea de Jorio, Adam Kendon

Gesture in Naples and Gesture in Classical Antiquity

A Translation of Andrea de Jorio's La mimica degli antichi investigata nel gestire napoletano

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Produktbeschreibung

A translation with introduction of the first ethnographic and semiotic study of gesture in daily life.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Indiana University Press
• Seitenzahl: 632
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. September 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 950g
• ISBN-13: 9780253215062
• ISBN-10: 0253215064
• Artikelnr.: 24805910

Autorenporträt

Andrea de Jorio, Adam Kendon

Inhaltsangabe

List of illustrations with sources acknowledged
Editor's Preface
Andrea de Jorio and his work on gesture by Adam Kendon
Gestural Expression of the Ancients in the light of Neapolitan gesturing
Introduction
ABC of Gestures
Abbracciare Embrace to Unione de gesti Gestures in combination
The Plates and Explanations of the Plates
Appendix
Index I: Index of Titles
Index II: Explanations of the Plates
Index III: Gestures
Index IV: Meanings
Index V: Monuments newly Explained
Letters of Recommendation and Permission
Bibliographical Appendix
A. Publications by Andrea de Jorio
B. References and Sources in Gestural Expression
C. Editor's References and Sources