The Language of Asian Gestures

Embodied Words Through the Lens of Film

• Author(s): Jieun Kiaer, Loli Kim,
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis
• Pages: 194
• ISBN_10: 1003859704
  ISBN_13: 9781003859703
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Foreign Language Study / Southeast Asian Languages , Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics , Language Arts & Disciplines / Translating & Interpreting , Foreign Language Study / General , Social Science / Regional Studies , Social Science / Human Geography , Literary Criticism / General , Language Arts & Disciplines / Study & Teaching , Language Arts & Disciplines / Reference , Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / Semantics , Social Science / Sociology / General ,

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The Language of Asian Gestures explores Asian gestures as a non-verbal language within the context of films and dramas.

This book provides a cross-cultural Asian perspective on a range of important common gestures and their meanings, covering a range of Asian regions including Korea, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Taiwan, Vietnam, Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines, India, and Pakistan. While most studies focus on text-based communication, gestures find themselves overshadowed by text and speech. Asian gestures, too, often reside in the shadow of Eurocentric viewpoints. This book will shift this dynamic and amplify the voices that have typically been marginalised within 20th-century Eurocentric discussions.

The book will be informative for students and researchers interested in Asian languages, cultures, film studies, and pragmatics. It bridges the gap between words and gestures, unveiling a world of concealed meanings and enriching our understanding of diverse forms of expression.