Gesture, ritual and memory

Special issue of Gesture 6:2 (2006)

Editor

Paul Bouissac | University of Toronto

[Gesture, 6:2] 2006. vi, 123 pp.

Publishing status: Available

© John Benjamins Publishing Company

https://doi.org/10.1075/gest.6.2

Table of Contents

Articles
Introduction: Gesture, ritual and memory Paul Bouissac	171–176
The evolutionary socioecology of gestural communication Marion Blute	177–188
Gesture in evolutionary perspective Paul Bouissac	189–204
Gestures as embodied cognition: A neurodevelopmental interpretation Marcel Kinsbourne	205–214
The literal and metaphorical inscription of gesture in religious discourse Peter Jackson	215–222
The rhetoric of gesture in cross-cultural perspective Robert A. Yelle	223–240
Actors and the body: Meta-theatrical rhetoric in Shakespeare John H. Astington	241–259
Book Reviews
Kühn, Christine (2002): Körper — Sprache. Elemente einer sprachwissenschaftlichen Explikation non-verbaler Kommunikation Renate Fischer	261–272
Review of Poyatos ((2002)): Nonverbal communication across disciplines. Volume 1: Culture, sensory interaction, speech, conversation. Volume 2: Paralanguage, kinesics, silence, personal and environmental interaction. Volume 3: Narrative literature, theater, cinema, translation. Reviewed by Pierre Feyereisen	273–282
Recent, new, and forthcoming books on gesture and related topics	283–284
Websites	285
ISGS Membership application form	287
Forthcoming events	289–291

Subjects

Communication Studies

Communication Studies

Linguistics

Signed languages

Psychology

Cognitive psychology

Main BIC Subject

JM: Psychology

Main BISAC Subject

PSY000000: PSYCHOLOGY / General