“I Showed Him an Open Hand, He Showed me a Fist”

This essay offers a multimodal performance analysis of a widely documented international folktale. The emergent unfolding of the tale plot, which turns on constrasting interpretations of a series of thematized gestures, illuminates the dynamic tension between iconicity and ostension in performance....

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Main Author: Richard Bauman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Department of Anthropology, University of Chicago 2024-04-01
Series:Semiotic Review
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Online Access:https://semioticreview.com/sr/index.php/srindex/article/view/73
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