Turning away : the poetics of an ancient gesture /

"Few human gestures are as universal, recognizable, yet ambiguous as the averted gaze--the face turned away or covered in horror, fear, or shame. The gesture arises from within but it is also a performance, partaking at once of the interior and the social. Benjamin A. Saltzman discusses gesture...

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Main Author: Saltzman, Benjamin A. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago, IL : The University of Chicago Press, 2026.
Series:Thinking literature
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