A cultural history of gesture : from antiquity to the present day
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A cultural history of gesture : from antiquity to the present day
Polity Press, 1993, c1991
- : pbk
Available at 69 libraries
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Bibliography: p. [253]-260
Includes indexes
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Description
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.
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations. List of Contributors. Preface. Introduction: Keith Thomas. 1. Walking, Standing and Sitting in Ancient Greek Culture: Jan Bremmer. 2. Gestures and Convention: the gestures of Roman actors and orators: Fritz Graf. 3. The Rationale of Gestures in the West: third to thirteenth centuries: Jean-Claude Schmitt. 4. The Language of Gesture in Early Modern Italy: Peter Burke. 5. The Renaissance Elbow: Joaneath Spicer. 6. The Order of Gestures: a social history of sensibilities under the Ancient Regime in France: Robert Muchembled. 7. The 'Hand of Friendship': shaking hands and other gestures in the Dutch Republic: Herman Roodenburg. 8. Gesture, Ritual and Social Order in Sixteenth- to Eighteenth-Century Poland: Maria Bogucka. 9. The Kiss Sacred and Profane: reflections on a cross-cultural confrontation: Willem Frijhoff. 10. Gestured Masculinity: body and sociability in rural Andalusia: Henk Driessen. Gestures in History: a select bibliography (Jan Bremmer and Herman Roodenburg). Index.
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