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 /

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 /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Jorio, Andrea de, 1769-1851.
Uniform title:	Mimica degli antichi investigata nel gestire napoletano. English
Imprint:	Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2000.
Description:	cvii, 517 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Gesture. Gesture. Manners and customs. Naples (Italy) -- Social life and customs. Italy -- Naples.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4185271

Hidden Bibliographic Details
Varying Form of Title:	Gestural expression of the ancients in the light of Neapolitan gesturing
Other authors / contributors:	Kendon, Adam.
ISBN:	0253336570 (cloth : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [491]-517) and indexes.

Description
Summary:	Andrea de Jorio's La mimica degli antichi investigata nel gestire napoletano was first published in Naples in 1832. It soon became famous for its descriptions and depictions of Neapolitan gestures, but it has only recently been recognized as the first ethnographic study of gesture. The annotations Adam Kendon has added to his translation make the book fully accessible to the modern reader.
Physical Description:	cvii, 517 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [491]-517) and indexes.
ISBN:	0253336570