Bodytalk
A World Guide to Gestures
Published on 20. June 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
240 pages
978-0-224-10139-4 (ISBN)
Description
The first book to bring together the many different everyday gestures that are used all over the world. Desmond Morris has travelled to over 60 countries while making field studies of human body language, and made notes of hand gestures and facial expressions. The result is a fascinating reference book of over 600 different gestures from Europe, the Middle East, North & South America and the Far East. The book is arranged alphabetically under the part of the body used with Meaning, Action, Background and Locality and each gesture is illustrated with a line drawing. The World Guide to Gestures complements Desmond Morris's bestsellers Manwatching and Bodywatching.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Vintage Publishing
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 189 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
476 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-224-10139-4 (9780224101394)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
E-Book
02/2015
1st Edition
Vintage Digital
€14.99
Available for download
Person
Desmond Morris was born in 1928. Educated at Birmingham and Oxford universities, he became the Curator of Mammals at London Zoo in 1959, a post he held for eight years. In 1967 he published The Naked Ape which has sold over 10 million copies worldwide and has changed the way we view our own species forever. An accomplished artist, tv presenter, film maker and writer, Desmond Morris's books have been published in over thirty-six countries.