{"product_id":"2026200013295-secondhand-the-body-as-a-medium-of-expression","title":"The Body As A Medium Of Expression","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Yellowed\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat does it mean to speak without words — to let skin, muscle, gesture, and movement carry the full weight of human meaning? The Body as a Medium of Expression is a landmark interdisciplinary anthology that brings together essays from leading scholars, artists, and theorists to examine the human body not merely as a biological entity, but as a primary vehicle of communication, ritual, and art. Drawing from anthropology, philosophy, linguistics, dance, theatre, and the visual arts, the collection presents a sweeping investigation into how cultures across time and geography have encoded identity, emotion, and social order into the physical self.\n\nEdited by Jonathan Benthall and Ted Polhemus, this volume stands as a foundational text in the emerging field of body studies, arriving at a pivotal moment when semiotics, structuralism, and performance theory were reshaping the humanities. The contributors illuminate the body's role in everything from religious ceremony to avant-garde performance, arguing that non-verbal communication is not a supplement to language but a sophisticated system in its own right. Scholarly yet accessible, it challenges the reader to reconsider every gesture, posture, and adornment as a charged cultural statement — raising the provocative question of whether the body itself is the most honest language we have ever possessed.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49203311968475,"sku":"2026200013295-SECONDHAND","price":12.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/61f19512-2bf6-4780-94bc-ba6f1cd35d5b.png?v=1788147775","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200013295-secondhand-the-body-as-a-medium-of-expression","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}