Nature embodied : gesture in ancient Rome /
"Bodily gesture. A Roman worshipper spins in a circle in front of a temple. Faced with death, a Roman woman tears her hair and beats her breasts. Enthusiastic spectators at a gladiatorial event gesticulate with thumbs. Examining the tantalizing glimpses of ancient bodies offered by surviving Ro...
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | Inglés |
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Princeton :
Princeton University Press,
[2004]
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Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Gesture as a Cultural System
- Ch. 1. Participatory Gestures in Roman Religious Ritual and Medicine
- Ch. 2. The Power of Thumbs
- Ch. 3. Blood, Milk, and Tears: The Gestures of Mourning Women
- Ch. 4. Political Movement: Walking and Ideology in Republican Rome
- Ch. 5. Face Facts: Facial Expression and the New Political Order in Tacitus.