The gestures of the beard and the chin in the Roman antiquity

Authors

  • Mª. Antonia Fornés Pallicer Universitat de les Illes Balears
  • Mercè Puig Rodríguez-Escalona Universitat de Barcelona

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23808/rel.v5i0.87917

Keywords:

Gestures; beard; chin.

Abstract

Beards and chins are two parts of the body that are associated with a large number of gestures. This paper examines a number of texts in which these gestures appear and the meaning they convey. The analysis was conducted by distinguishing between self-adaptor gestures (those that do not involve a second party), alter-directed adaptors (those that, to the contrary, involve the intervention of another person) and object-adaptors (a category that encompasses gestures involving an object).

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Published

2005-12-26

How to Cite

Fornés Pallicer, M. A. and Puig Rodríguez-Escalona, M. (2005) “The gestures of the beard and the chin in the Roman antiquity”, Revista de Estudios Latinos, 5, pp. 175–192. doi: 10.23808/rel.v5i0.87917.

Issue

Vol. 5 (2005)

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