Gesture and environment.
D Efron - 1941 - psycnet.apa.org
D Efron
1941•psycnet.apa.orgRacial explanations of the gestural behavior of peoples are objected to as speculative. In a
research experiment in New York City, the gestural practices of traditional and assimilated
Jews of Polish and Lithuanian background, and of traditional and assimilated people of
southern Italian background were recorded and analyzed in considerable detail. Distinctive
gestural characteristics were found among traditional Jews and among traditional Italians,
but traditional gestures disappeared with the assimilation of either into the larger American …
research experiment in New York City, the gestural practices of traditional and assimilated
Jews of Polish and Lithuanian background, and of traditional and assimilated people of
southern Italian background were recorded and analyzed in considerable detail. Distinctive
gestural characteristics were found among traditional Jews and among traditional Italians,
but traditional gestures disappeared with the assimilation of either into the larger American …
Abstract
Racial explanations of the gestural behavior of peoples are objected to as speculative. In a research experiment in New York City, the gestural practices of traditional and assimilated Jews of Polish and Lithuanian background, and of traditional and assimilated people of southern Italian background were recorded and analyzed in considerable detail. Distinctive gestural characteristics were found among traditional Jews and among traditional Italians, but traditional gestures disappeared with the assimilation of either into the larger American community. The tentative conclusion is that gestural behavior is conditioned by socio-psychological factors. The book contains a preface by Franz Boas and illustrative sketches by Stuyvesant Van Veen.(PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)
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