Nature Embodied : : Gesture in Ancient Rome /

Nature Embodied : : Gesture in Ancient Rome / / Anthony Corbeill.

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 Roman sc...

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Corbeill, Anthony,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2018]
©2004
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • ILLUSTRATIONS
  • ABBREVIATIONS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • Introduction. GESTURE AS A CULTURAL SYSTEM
  • Chapter 1. PARTICIPATORY GESTURES IN ROMAN RELIGIOUS RITUAL AND MEDICINE
  • Chapter 2. THE POWER OF THUMBS
  • Chapter 3. BLOOD, MILK, AND TEARS: THE GESTURES OF MOURNING WOMEN
  • Chapter 4. POLITICAL MOVEMENT: WALKING AND IDEOLOGY I N REPUBLICAN ROME
  • Chapter 5. FACE FACTS: FACIAL EXPRESSION A N D THE NEW POLITICAL ORDER IN TACITUS
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX LOCORUM
  • GENERAL INDEX

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