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Bodytalk : a World Guide to Gestures by Morris, Desmond is a reference work available to read on EtoBox.

What is Bodytalk : a World Guide to Gestures about?

This world guide is the first attempt ever made to bring together in a single volume, human gestures from all around the world. More than 600 common gestures are illustrated, described, and explained. We all use gestures. They are the extra language we employ when words fail. We cross our fingers for luck, give the V sign, or offer a cheerful thumbs-up. In our own country we know exactly what these signs mean and we rarely use them inappropriately or mistake their meaning. In foreign countries, however, they may have different meanings, or we may encounter new gestures that we cannot understand. For the traveler this guide is indispensable. But it also has special appeal for anyone interested in human communication. And for the casual browser it contains hundreds of amusing examples of ways in which, almost without thinking, we use our hands, faces, and occasionally other body parts to insult, to threaten, to praise, to implore, and generally to communicate on a level deeper than the realm of spoken language.

Who reads Bodytalk : a World Guide to Gestures?

Author

Morris, Desmond

Publisher

Penguin Random House; Jonathan Cape

Published

2016

Language

EN

ISBN

9780224039697

Category

reference

Subjects

Psychology, Fiction, Reference

Rating

3.44 / 5 (38 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13