{"product_id":"dictionary-of-gestures-expressive-comportments-and-movements-in-use-around-the-world-9780262547994","title":"Dictionary of Gestures: Expressive Comportments and Movements in Use Around the World","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn illustrated guide to more than 850 gestures and their meanings around the world, from a nod of the head to a click of the heels.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eGestures convey meaning with a flourish. A vigorous nod of the head, a bold jut of the chin, an enthusiastic thumbs-up: all speak louder than words. Yet the same gesture may have different meanings in different parts of the world. What Americans understand as the \"A-OK gesture,\" for example, is an obscene insult in the Arab world. This volume is the reference book we didn't know we needed--an illustrated dictionary of 850 gestures and their meanings around the world. It catalogs voluntary gestures made to communicate openly--as distinct from sign language, dance moves, involuntary \"tells,\" or secret handshakes--and explains what the gesture conveys in a variety of locations. It is organized by body part, from top to bottom, from head (nodding, shaking, turning) to foot (scraping, kicking, playing footsie).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe learn that \"to oscillate the head while gently throwing it back\" communicates approval in some countries even though it resembles the headshake of disapproval used in other countries; that \"to tap a slightly inflated cheek\" constitutes an erotic invitation when accompanied by a wink; that the middle finger pointed in the air signifies approval in South America. We may already know that it is a grave insult in the Middle East and Asia to display the sole of one's shoe, but perhaps not that motorcyclists sometimes greet each other by raising a foot. Illustrated with clever line drawings and documented with quotations from literature (the author, François Caradec, was a distinguished and prolific historian of literature, culture, and humorous oddities, as well as a novelist and poet), this dictionary offers readers unique lessons in polylingual meaning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e MIT Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780262547994\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.00d","brand":"Francois Caradec","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43067590115509,"sku":"9780262547994","price":21.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_48399ec0-cdaf-4fab-9600-88bbc01b4107.jpg?v=1690860921","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/dictionary-of-gestures-expressive-comportments-and-movements-in-use-around-the-world-9780262547994","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}