{"product_id":"2026200015443-secondhand-gestures-their-origins-and-distribution","title":"Gestures: Their Origins And Distribution","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Worn\/faded, no tears\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA fascinating journey into the silent language of the human body, Gestures: Their Origins and Distribution presents a landmark scientific study into twenty specific hand and body gestures, tracing their meanings, histories, and geographic spread across Europe and beyond. Led by the renowned zoologist and author Desmond Morris, alongside a team of researchers from the University of Oxford, this ambitious work maps the rich and often surprising variations in gestural communication — revealing how a single movement can signal friendship in one culture and grave insult in another.\n\nRooted in meticulous fieldwork conducted across forty locations in twenty-five countries, the book argues that gestures are not merely incidental to human communication but are deeply embedded cultural artifacts, shaped by centuries of history, migration, and social evolution. Morris and his co-authors bring a rigorous yet accessible analytical lens to the subject, combining anthropological theory with vivid real-world observation. A work that permanently altered how scholars and general readers alike understand non-verbal communication, it leaves one wondering: how many messages are we sending — and misreading — every single day?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49203214713051,"sku":"2026200015443-SECONDHAND","price":15.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/fc88fd9d-c6a9-4e94-9303-454e749edca6.png?v=1788145996","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200015443-secondhand-gestures-their-origins-and-distribution","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}