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Obscene Gestures

Author : Patrick Lawrence
Publisher : Fordham University Press
ISBN 13 : 1531500102
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (315 download)

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Download or read book Obscene Gestures written by Patrick Lawrence and published by Fordham University Press. This book was released on 2022-06-07 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on sources as diverse as Supreme Court decisions, nightclub comedy, congressional records, and cultural theory, Obscene Gestures explores the many contradictory vectors of twentieth-century moralist controversies surrounding literary and artistic works from Henry Miller’s Tropic of Cancer to those of Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, Kathy Acker, Robert Mapplethorpe, 2 Live Crew, Tony Kushner, and others. Patrick S. Lawrence dives into notorious obscenity debates to reconsider the divergent afterlives of artworks that were challenged or banned over their taboo sexual content to reveal how these controversies affected their critical reception and commercial success in ways that were often determined at least in part by racial, gender, or sexual stereotypes and pernicious ethnographic reading practices. Starting with early postwar touchstone cases and continuing through the civil rights, feminist, and LGBTQ+ movements, Lawrence demonstrates on one level that breaking sexual taboos in literary and cultural works often comes with cultural cachet and increased sales. At the same time, these benefits are distributed unequally, leading to the persistence of exclusive hierarchies and inequalities. Obscene Gestures takes its bearings from recent studies of the role of obscenity in literary history and canon formation during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, extending their insights into the postwar period when broad legal latitude for obscenity was established but when charges of obscenity still carried immense symbolic and political weight. Moreover, the rise of social justice movements around this time provides necessary context for understanding the application of legal precedents, changes in the publishing industry, and the diversification of the canon of American letters. Obscene Gestures, therefore, advances the study of obscenity to include recent developments in the understanding of race, gender, and sexuality while refining our understanding of late-twentieth-century American literature and political culture.

Obscene Gestures

Author : Patrick Lawrence
Publisher : Fordham University Press
ISBN 13 : 1531500110
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (315 download)

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Download or read book Obscene Gestures written by Patrick Lawrence and published by Fordham University Press. This book was released on 2022-06-07 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on sources as diverse as Supreme Court decisions, nightclub comedy, congressional records, and cultural theory, Obscene Gestures explores the many contradictory vectors of twentieth-century moralist controversies surrounding literary and artistic works from Henry Miller’s Tropic of Cancer to those of Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, Kathy Acker, Robert Mapplethorpe, 2 Live Crew, Tony Kushner, and others. Patrick S. Lawrence dives into notorious obscenity debates to reconsider the divergent afterlives of artworks that were challenged or banned over their taboo sexual content to reveal how these controversies affected their critical reception and commercial success in ways that were often determined at least in part by racial, gender, or sexual stereotypes and pernicious ethnographic reading practices. Starting with early postwar touchstone cases and continuing through the civil rights, feminist, and LGBTQ+ movements, Lawrence demonstrates on one level that breaking sexual taboos in literary and cultural works often comes with cultural cachet and increased sales. At the same time, these benefits are distributed unequally, leading to the persistence of exclusive hierarchies and inequalities. Obscene Gestures takes its bearings from recent studies of the role of obscenity in literary history and canon formation during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, extending their insights into the postwar period when broad legal latitude for obscenity was established but when charges of obscenity still carried immense symbolic and political weight. Moreover, the rise of social justice movements around this time provides necessary context for understanding the application of legal precedents, changes in the publishing industry, and the diversification of the canon of American letters. Obscene Gestures, therefore, advances the study of obscenity to include recent developments in the understanding of race, gender, and sexuality while refining our understanding of late-twentieth-century American literature and political culture.

Rude Hand Gestures of the World

Author : Romana Lefevre
Publisher : Chronicle Books
ISBN 13 : 1452110174
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (521 download)

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Download or read book Rude Hand Gestures of the World written by Romana Lefevre and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2011-10-21 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With this illustrated guide, discover what hand gestures can offend others around the world—and whether you avoid making them or not is up to you. A hand gesture is arguably the most effective form of expression, whether you’re defaming a friend’s mother or telling a perfect stranger to get lost. Learn how to go beyond just flipping the bird with this illustrated guide to rude hand gestures all around the world, from asking for sex in the Middle East to calling someone crazy in Italy. Detailed photographs of hand models and subtle tips for proper usage make Rude Hand Gestures of the World the perfect companion for globe-trotters looking to offend. “If you’ve resolved to make the most of your travels, a copy of Rude Hand Gestures of the World to know what gestures you should avoid while abroad. Better safe than sorry!” —Buzzfeed

Obscene Gestures for Women

Author : Janet Kauffman
Publisher : Alfred A. Knopf
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Obscene Gestures for Women written by Janet Kauffman and published by Alfred A. Knopf. This book was released on 1989 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most important rural women writers, Janet Kauffman, presents this collection of fifteen stories of a world that is succumbing to the ceaseless erosion of what is tender, innocent, natural, and true.

Dictionary of Gestures

Author : Francois Caradec
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262547996
Total Pages : 335 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (625 download)

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Download or read book Dictionary of Gestures written by Francois Caradec and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2023-08-01 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An 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. Gestures 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). We 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.

Conventional Gestures

Author : Richard L Epstein
Publisher : Advanced Reasoning Forum
ISBN 13 : 1938421256
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (384 download)

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Download or read book Conventional Gestures written by Richard L Epstein and published by Advanced Reasoning Forum. This book was released on 2018-11-05 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Conventional gestures are those movements we make, such as waving hello and shaking hands, that are part of a learned, shared, symbolic system. In this book Richard L. Epstein working with the illustrator Alex Raffi examines how such gestures mean and how we can study them. Drawing on their collection of over 400 American gestures, available on the Advanced Reasoning Forum website, they examine problems of methodology and the nature of gestures in relation to the work of others who have studied and collected gestures from various cultures. An extensive annotated bibliography describes and comments on virtually all known collections of conventional gestures.

Don't Get Me Wrong!

Author : Julia Grosse
Publisher : Bierke Publishing (Acc)
ISBN 13 : 9783981337099
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (37 download)

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Download or read book Don't Get Me Wrong! written by Julia Grosse and published by Bierke Publishing (Acc). This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Photographs of hands gestures show the differences between cultures around the world.

American Gestures

Author : Alex Raffi
Publisher : Advanced Reasoning Forum
ISBN 13 : 1938421647
Total Pages : 133 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (384 download)

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Download or read book American Gestures written by Alex Raffi and published by Advanced Reasoning Forum. This book was released on 2021-10-11 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: American Gestures illustrates more than 125 common gestures in close-up and in context, along with an explanation of how and when to use each gesture. Sections on obscene gestures and impolite actions show what to avoid. Speak American with both hands. It's fun!

Gestures

Author : Roger E. Axtell
Publisher : Wiley
ISBN 13 : 9780471183426
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (834 download)

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Download or read book Gestures written by Roger E. Axtell and published by Wiley. This book was released on 1997-10-28 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As featured in the New York Times and Reader's Digest "An eye-opener into the pitfalls awaiting the unaware traveler." -Washington Post "Can save the innocent abroad from great gobs of serious trouble." -Chicago Tribune Before you raise your hand to signal the waiter, extend your thumb to hitchhike, or flash the "O.K." sign with thumb and forefinger, Stop! Think of where you are and exactly what you are trying to say-otherwise you could create an international incident. Remember when President Bush thought he was flashing the "V" for Victory sign to cheering Australians? (See inside.) Exploring the ins and outs of body language from head to toe, this newly revised and expanded edition of Roger Axtell's indispensable guide takes you all around the world of gestures-what they mean, how to use them, and when to avoid them. This latest edition includes: * Updates about the 200 most popular gestures and signals-and dozens of new examples * New sections covering special gestures-from American Sign Language and tai chi to flirting and kissing * Information to guide you through gestures country by country-from Switzerland to Japan, Nigeria to the Netherlands * Amusing anecdotes and helpful hypothetical scenarios

Gestures and Acclamations in Ancient Rome

Author : Gregory S. Aldrete
Publisher : Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780801877315
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (773 download)

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Download or read book Gestures and Acclamations in Ancient Rome written by Gregory S. Aldrete and published by Johns Hopkins University Press. This book was released on 2003-11-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life in Rome was relentlessly public, and oratory was at its heart. Orations were dramatic spectacles in which the speaker deployed an arsenal of rhetorical tricks and strategies aimed at arousing the emotions of the audience, and spectators responded vigorously and vocally with massed chants of praise or condemnation. Unfortunately, many aspects of these performances have been lost. In the first in-depth study of oratorical gestures and crowd acclamations as methods of communication at public spectacles, Gregory Aldrete sets out to recreate these vital missing components and to recapture the original context of ancient spectacles as interactive, dramatic, and contentious public performances. At the most basic level, this work is a study of communication—how Roman speakers communicated with their audiences, and how audiences in turn were able to reply and convey their reactions to the speakers. Aldrete begins by investigating how orators employed an extraordinarily sophisticated system of hand and body gestures in order to enhance the persuasive power of their speeches. He then turns to the target of these orations—the audience—and examines how they responded through the mechanism of acclamations, that is, rhythmically shouted comments. Aldrete finds much in these ancient spectacles that is relevant to modern questions of political propaganda, manipulation of public image, crowd behavior, and speechmaking. Readers with an interest in rhetoric, urban culture, or communications in any period will find the book informative, as will those working in art history, archaeology, history, and philology.

A Dictionary of Russian Gesture

Author : Barbara Monahan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book A Dictionary of Russian Gesture written by Barbara Monahan and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

How to Behave Badly in Renaissance Britain

Author : Ruth Goodman
Publisher : Michael O'Mara Books
ISBN 13 : 1782438521
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (824 download)

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Book Synopsis How to Behave Badly in Renaissance Britain by : Ruth Goodman

Download or read book How to Behave Badly in Renaissance Britain written by Ruth Goodman and published by Michael O'Mara Books. This book was released on 2018-04-05 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historian and popular BBC TV presenter Ruth Goodman, author of How to Be a Tudor, offers up a history of Renaissance Britain - the offensive language, insulting gestures, insolent behaviour, brawling and scandal of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries - with practical tips on just how to horrify the Tudor neighbours.

Field Guide to Gestures

Author : Nancy Armstrong
Publisher : Quirk Books
ISBN 13 : 9781931686204
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (862 download)

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Download or read book Field Guide to Gestures written by Nancy Armstrong and published by Quirk Books. This book was released on 2003 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Did a girl across the bar just flip her hair while looking at you? Did a stranger just rub his chin in your direction? What messages are they trying to convey? Next time readers come across an unfamiliar gesture, they can refer to Field Guide to Gestures and quickly learn what friends, coworkers and passersby are really saying when they communicate nonverbally.Formatted like a classic field guide but concerned with body language in all its forms, this book has a full-colour insert with photographs of more than 100 different gestures, plus detailed text explaining the full meaning.From the gesture's historical context to its usages and areas of occurrence, readers find out all they need to know to decode and communicate with gestures.

Field Guide to Stains

Author : Virginia M. Friedman
Publisher : Quirk Books
ISBN 13 : 1594748500
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (947 download)

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Download or read book Field Guide to Stains written by Virginia M. Friedman and published by Quirk Books. This book was released on 2015-05-26 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get to know your stains—and then bid them goodbye forever! Learn everything about more than 100 stains—including their habits, their habitats, and (most importantly) how to make them go away. From wine to wiper fluid, Field Guide to Stains provides effective techniques for rescuing clothes, upholstery, carpet, and wallpaper from stains caused by: Fruits and vegetables Dairy products Household items Office supplies Sauces and condiments Beauty products Bodily functions And more! Featuring a glossary of cleaning techniques and the basic products any would-be clean person should have on hand, this guide is the perfect accoutrement for the laundry room, kitchen, nursery, garage, or any other place stains might occur.

Grammar, Gesture, and Meaning in American Sign Language

Author : Scott K. Liddell
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521016506
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (165 download)

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Download or read book Grammar, Gesture, and Meaning in American Sign Language written by Scott K. Liddell and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2003-03-13 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sample Text

Hearing Gesture

Author : Susan Goldin-Meadow
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674018372
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (183 download)

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Download or read book Hearing Gesture written by Susan Goldin-Meadow and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2005-10-31 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores how we move our hands when we talk, and what it means when we do so. Focusing on what we can discover about speakers—adults and children alike—by watching their hands, Goldin-Meadow discloses the active role that gesture plays in conversation and, more fundamentally, in thinking.

70 Japanese Gestures

Author : Hamiru-aqui
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781933330709
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (37 download)

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Download or read book 70 Japanese Gestures written by Hamiru-aqui and published by . This book was released on 2008-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in an eye-catching ten-copy display! This whimsical look at "the language of no language" will teach you how to hurl insults, flirt, agree, excuse yourself, cross the street, and even make promises wordlessly . . . in Japanese! (And who is that stoic guy wearing a suit in all the photos?)