{"product_id":"nature-embodied-9780691074948","title":"Nature Embodied","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExamining the tantalizing glimpses of ancient bodies offered by Roman sculptures, paintings, and literary texts, this title analyzes the role of gesture in medical and religious ritual, in the gladiatorial arena, in mourning practice, in aristocratic competition of the late Republic, and in the court of the emperor Tiberius.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In this widely accessible study Anthony Corbeill applies anthropological and sociological approaches to aspects of gesture and body language in ancient Rome... Corbeill examines textual and verbal evidence ... to offer innovative and often bold interpretations.\"--Philip Hardie, Religious Studies Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations ix  List of Abbreviations xi  Acknowledgments xiii  INTRODUCTION  Gesture as a Cultural System 1  CHAPTER 1  Participatory Gestures in Roman Religious Ritual and Medicine 12  Physicality of Words 15  Hands 20  Romans and Earth 24  Physicality of Prayer 26  Physicality of Cures 33  Conclusion 37  CHAPTER 2  The Power of Thumbs 41  Textual Appearances 42  Visual Representations 51  The Sign for the Deathblow in the Arena 62  A Riddle 64  Conclusion 65  CHAPTER 3  Blood, Milk, and Tears: The Gestures of Mourning Women 67  Gendered Funerals 68  Gendered Gestures 70  Greekand Etruscan Mourning Gestures 72  Legal Evidence 75  Roman Mourning Gestures 77  Women as Scapegoats 84  Woman's Work 85  Roman Death Ritual as Double-Birth 89  First Funeral 90  Second Funeral 95  Milkas Nurture for an Adult 100  Conclusion 105  CHAPTER 4  Political Movement: Walking and Ideology in Republican Rome 107  Philosophy in Action 108  Body Movement and Political Competition 111  Movement in Oratory and Philosophy 114  Movement in Daily Life 117  Incessus in Cicero 118  Cinaedi and Elite Politicians 120  Enforcement 124  Conclusion 137  CHAPTER 5  Face Facts: Facial Expression and the New Political Order in Tacitus 140  Gesture as Metaphor 140  The Politics of the Face 144  Eye-Movement in Roman Antiquity 146  Aspectus in Republican Tradition 147  The Decline of Rhetoric as the Decline of Physical Representation 151  Aspectus as Appearance 157  Conclusion: Tiberius and the New World Order 165  Bibliography 169  Index Locorum 187  General Index 198","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403710701911,"sku":"9780691074948","price":63.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/nature-embodied-9780691074948","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}