Gestures often convey meanings that transcend borders, but sometimes they bear vastly different meanings from one continent to another. This illustrated dictionary of gestures from around the world explains the way we go about joining words to gestures throughout the world in our everyday lives, with a side interest in the fact that there are no universals in the realm of the gesture. Entries are illustrated in drawings utilizing men, women, and children from all cultures, with illustrations from other sources showing gestures being performed in various cultural contexts throughout history. Entries are organized by body parts and body regions, with an index for intention and interpretation of the different gestures that makes for a different means of taxonomy. -- adapted from publisher info
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Cambridge (Massachusetts)
USA
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Interest Age: From 18 years
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Höhe: 228 mm
Breite: 151 mm
Dicke: 25 mm
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978-0-262-54799-4 (9780262547994)
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François Caradec (1924–2008) was a French writer and a member of both the Collége de 'Pataphysique and the Oulipo. His voluminous oeuvre includes biographies of Raymond Roussel and Alfred Jarry, as well as an encyclopedia of practical jokes and a dictionary of French slang. Caradec was a devoted specialist in Alphonse Allais, compiling and editing his collected works, and was one of the first historians of the bande dessinée in France.
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Acknowledgments -- ix
On the Beauty of Gestures -- 1
1 The Head -- 37
2 The Temples -- 47
3 The Ear -- 53
4 The Forehead -- 59
5 The Eyebrows and the Eyelashes -- 63
6 The Eye -- 65
7 The Nose -- 71
8 The Mouth -- 83
9 The Lips -- 95
10 The Tongue -- 101
11 The Teeth -- 105
12 The Cheeks -- 109
13 The Chin -- 115
14 The Neck -- 121
15 The Shoulders -- 127
16 The Armpits -- 133
17 The Arm -- 135
18 The Forearm -- 147
19 The Elbow -- 153
20 The Wrist -- 157
21 The Fingernails -- 163
22 The Hand -- 167
22.5 The Fist -- 193
23 Both Hands -- 201
24 Hand to Hand -- 225
25 The Thumb -- 235
25.5 The Thumb is Not Alone -- 243
26 The Index Finger -- 251
27 The Middle Finger -- 273
28 The Ring Finger -- 277
29 The Little Finger (The Pinky) -- 279
30 The Torso -- 281
31 The Chest -- 283
32 The Hips -- 291
33 The Waist and the Stomach -- 293
34 The Buttocks -- 297
35 The Groin, the Genitals, the Thighs -- 301
36 The Knees, the Legs -- 307
37 The Foot -- 311
Bibliography -- 315
Image Credits -- 317
Index -- 319
