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A Cultural History Of Gesture
Bremmer, Jan; Roodenburg, H.
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Gestures in historv:
a select biblio g ra p h y
J A N BREMMER A N D HERMAN ROODENBURG
What follows is a personal sampling of the vast literature on gestures. T h e
subject is, of course, endless and we have therefore concentrated on
books and articles with a historical interpretation of gestures in Europe;
for non-European gestures we refer to the excellent bibliography of
Morris. W e d o mention, however, those studies of other disciplines, such
as anthro p olog y , kinesics, proxemics, and semiotics which are of great
value to the historian. Naturally we have profited from previous
biblio g ra p hies, in particular the one by Jean-Claude Schmitt. We thank
Fritz Graf for various suggestions.
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HISTORIOGRAPHY AND METHODOLOGY
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The Early Modern Period
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