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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Corbeill, Anthony, 1960- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: 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.