Nature embodied : gesture in ancient Rome /

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"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]
Subjects:
Gesture > Rome.
Latin literature > History and criticism.
Gesture in literature.
Roman World > history
Gestes > Rome.
Littérature latine > Histoire et critique.
PSYCHOLOGY > Social Psychology.
Gesture.
Latin literature.
Manners and customs.
Gestik
Romeinse oudheid.
Gebaren.
Lichaamstaal.
Sociale aspecten.
Gestik.
Rome > Social life and customs.
Rome (Empire)
Römisches Reich
Römisches Reich.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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.

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