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A world of gestures culture & nonverbal communication / The Nonverbal Workshop ; created & produced by Dane Archer ; directed & photographed by Jon Silver.

Title
A world of gestures [videorecording] : culture & nonverbal communication / The Nonverbal Workshop ; created & produced by Dane Archer ; directed & photographed by Jon Silver.
Publication
Berkeley, CA : University of California Extension Center for Media and Independent Learning, c1991.

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Moving imageRequest in advance P117 .W67 1991Off-site

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Additional Authors
  • Silver, Jon.
  • Archer, Dane, 1946-
  • Nonverbal Workshop (Firm)
  • University of California (System). Extension Center for Media and Independent Learning.
Description
1 videocassette (27 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences; 1/2 in. +
Summary
Gestures from different cultures around the world are explored. People from many nations are shown performing all kinds of gestures and the different gestures that there are. Also explored are the meaning, function and origin of gestures.
Alternative Title
  • Culture & nonverbal communication
  • Culture and nonverbal communication
  • Culture and noverbal communication
Subject
  • Gesture
  • Body language
  • Gestures
  • Kinesics
Genre/Form
  • Documentaries and Factual Films
  • Documentary films
  • Nonfiction films
  • Short films
  • Video recordings.
  • Films autres que de fiction.
  • Documentaires.
  • Courts métrages.
Note
  • Produced at the Division of Social Sciences, University of California, Santa Cruz.
System Details (note)
  • VHS.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Head gestures -- Fight or flight gestures -- Sex & obscene gestures -- Same gesture, different meanings -- Beauty, love and friendship gestures -- Suicide gestures -- Unique gestures.
OCLC
  • 24991442
  • SCSB-12845521
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library