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Silent history : body language and nonverbal identity, 1860-1914

Andersson, Peter K., 1982- author

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\"The written and verbal traces of the past have been extensively studied by historians, but what about the nonverbal traces? In recent years, historians have expanded their attention to other kinds of sources, but seldom have they taken into account the most vital and omnipresent nonverbal aspect of life - body language. Silent History explores the potential of early photography to uncover the structure and nature of everyday body language in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Through a close study of street photography by pioneering photographers who were the first to document urban everyday life with hidden cameras, Peter Andersson examines a key period of history in a new light. By focusing on a number of body poses and gestures common to the nonverbal communication of the fin de siلecle, he reveals the identifications and connotations of daily social interaction beyond the written word. Andersson also depicts a broader picture of the body and its relationship to popular culture by placing photographic analysis within a context of magazine illustration, caricature, music-hall entertainment, and the elusive urban subcultures of the day. Studying archival photographs from Austria, England, and Sweden, Silent History provides a clear picture of the emergence of the modern bodily conventions that still define us.\"-- Provided by publisher.

• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Subject: Body language Europe History 19th century. / Body language Europe History 20th century. / Nonverbal communication Europe History 19th century. / Nonverbal communication Europe History 20th century. / Body language in art. / City and town life in art. / Street photography History. / Portrait photography History. / PSYCHOLOGY / General. / Europe Social life and customs 19th century. / Europe Social life and customs 20th century.
• ISBN: 0773554750, 9780773554757

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
BF637.N66 A54 2018	1	BOOK	ARTS