This book contributes to a growing corpus of writing on the body, bringing new perspectives to this fascinating and topical subject. Feminist, psychoanalytic an

Written by a physician, Body Language – from Head to Toe is a “dictionary” of American idioms and other expressions that contain the name of a body part.

Available for the first time in the United States, this international bestseller reveals the secrets of nonverbal communication to give you confidence and contr

This volume explores the grammatical properties of body-part expressions across a range of languages and language families in the Americas, including Arawakan,