A short glance or a long one, a turning hand, a finger pointing forwards or withdrawing: the movements we perform during a conversation are countless, and the meanings that small gestures can have are no less numerous. Unlike language, this meaning is hardly codified and difficult to define – and yet a conversation cannot do without them. Gestures remind us that a person not only has a body, but is a body. Gestures are bodies in articulation, and this goes far beyond the possibilities of spoken language. Gestures begin where words end, they open up a path to the barely utterable. Whether in everyday life, politics or art: in its gestures, the body takes to the stage, unfolding a meaning that language knows nothing about.
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Copyright year
2025
ISBN-Print
978-3-465-04680-6
ISBN-Online
978-3-465-14680-3
Publisher
Klostermann, Frankfurt am Main
Series
Klostermann Essay
Volume
12
Language
German
Pages
144
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Book Titles
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ChapterPages
Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis No access Pages 1 - 6
1. Einleitung: Geste und Gastfreundschaft No access Pages 7 - 24
2. Präsenz: Die Rückkehr der Körper No access Pages 25 - 40
3. Blick und Bedeutung: Warum wir einander beobachten No access Pages 41 - 60
4. Hand und Historie: Politische Gesten No access Pages 61 - 78
5. Das Lächeln auf der Bühne: Maria Callas, 1958 No access Pages 79 - 90
6. Sinn in Bewegung: Die Gestik des Tanzes No access Pages 91 - 110
7. Jenseits des Binders: Meine gestische Sozialisation No access Pages 111 - 124
8. Gesten der Gegenwart: Ein unsystematisches Inventar No access Pages 125 - 144
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