Gesture in Naples and Gesture in Classical Antiquity: A Translation of Andrea de Jorio's La Mimica Degli Antichi Investigata Nel Gestire Napoletano
(Part of the Advances in Semiotics Series)
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"I had heard about this book for years. The person who put the word out, at least in lay circles, was probably Luigi Barzini, in The Italians (1964). Praising his countrymen's gift for talking with their hands, Barzini lamented that so little had been written on this subject. To his knowledge, only one person--Andrea de Jorio, a Neapolitan priest--had attempted a lexicon of Italian hand gestures, in an 1832 volume entitled La Mimica degli...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0253215064
ISBN13:9780253215062
Release Date:January 2002
Publisher:Indiana University Press
Length:632 Pages
Weight:2.00 lbs.
Dimensions:1.3" x 6.2" x 9.2"
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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