Gesture in Naples and gesture in classical antiquity : a translation of La mimica degli antichi investigata nel gestire napoletano, Gestural expression of the ancients in the light of Neapolitan gesturing
"Andrea de Jorio's La mimica degli antichi investigata nel gestire napoletano (Gestural Expression of the Ancients in the Light of Neapolitan Gesturing) was first published in Naples in 1832. It is the first book ever written which presents what is, in effect, an ethnographic study of gesture. Treating gesture as a culturally established communicative code, analogous to language, the book sets out to describe, with reference to an explicitly defined cultural group, the gestural expressions of ordinary people as these are used in every-day life
cvii, 517 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
9780253336576, 9780253215062, 0253336570, 0253215064
41649622
List of illustrations with sources acknowledgedEditor's PrefaceAndrea de Jorio and his work on gesture by Adam KendonGestural Expression of the Ancients in the light of Neapolitan gesturingIntroductionABC of GesturesAbbracciare Embrace to Unione de gesti Gestures in combinationThe Plates and Explanations of the PlatesAppendixIndex I: Index of TitlesIndex II: Explanations of the PlatesIndex III: GesturesIndex IV: MeaningsIndex V: Monuments newly ExplainedLetters of Recommendation and PermissionBibliographical AppendixA. Publications by Andrea de JorioB. References and Sources in Gestural ExpressionC. Editor's References and Sources
Translated into English from the Italian