Nature Embodied
Subtitle: Gesture in Ancient Rome
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: November 14, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780691074948
Subjects: Behavioural theory (Behaviourism); European history: BCE to c 500 CE; Literary studies: classical, early & medieval; Painting & paintings; Sculpture & other three-dimensional art forms; Social & cultural anthropology; BCE to c 500 CE; History: World; Gesture in literature; History; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Latin; Ancient Rome; Latin literature; Ancient - Rome; Classics; History / Ancient / Rome; Gesture; History and criticism; Rome; Social life and customs
First sentence: WE LAUGH AT this anecdote because of its painful truth, especially for those of us who have tricky joints.