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Book Title: Gesture In Naples And Gesture In Classical Antiquity: A Tran...
Item Length: 9.3in
Item Height: 0.6in
Item Width: 6.1in
Author: ADAM Kendon, Andrea De Jorio
Publication Name: Gesture in Naples and Gesture in Classical Antiquity : A Translation of Andrea de Jorio's la Mimica Degli Antichi Investigata Nel Gestire Napoletano
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication Year: 2001
Series: Advances in Semiotics Ser.
Type: Language Course
Item Weight: 32.2 Oz
Number of Pages: 632 Pages
