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• Argelander, Ronald. “Scott Burton’s Behavior Tableaux (1970-72),” The Drama Review. 17(no. 3, 1973): 109-113.
• Ashcraft, Norman and Albert E. Schflen. People Space. Garden City, NY: Anchor Press, 1976.
  Body language and its meanings in public and private spaces.
• Axelrod, Alan. Putting Yourself Across: The Complete Guide to Power Words, Phrases & Body Language. Paramus/Prentice Hall, 1997. ISBN 0132425386
• Axtell, Roger. Gestures: The Do’s & Taboos of Body Language Around the World. NY: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0471183423
• Bacon, Wallace and Robert Breen. Language as Experience. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1969.
  “to learn something about an object, it is necessary to assume the attitude of the object” in chapter on “Language and Literature: Nonverbal Action.”
• Barrault, Jean-Louis. “Concerning Gestures,” in The Theatre of Jean-Louis Barrault. New York: Hill and Wang, 1961.
  Against excessive and pointless gesture, by a mime turned actor.
• Benedetti, Robert. “Acting is Moving,” Newsletter of the Stage Movement and Dance Project. 1(May 1972).
• Best, David. Philosophy and Human Movement. London: George Allen and Unwin, 1978.
• ________. Expression in Movement and the Arts. London: Lepus Books, Henry Kimpton Publishers, 1974.
• Birdwhistell, Ray L. Kinesics and Context: Essays on Body Motion Communication. New York: Ballantine, 1972.
  A scientist looks at human expression.
• Blackmuir, R. P. Language as Gesture. New York: Harcourt Brace, 1952.
• Campbell, Douglas G., M.D. “Posture, A Gesture Towards Life,” Physiotherapy Review. 15(no. 2, 1935).
• ________. “Your Actions Speak So Loudly . . .” Impulse Magazine. 1954.
• Craft, Michael. Body Language. NY: Kensington Publishing Co. ISBN 1575664194
• Critchley, Macdonald. Silent Language. London: Butterworth, 1975.
  Gestures in theatre, dance, daily life, occupations.
• Cundiff, Merlyn. Kinesics: The Power of Silent Command. W. Nyack, NY: Parker Publishing Co., 1972.
• Cutler, A. “Abstract Body Language: Documenting Women’s Bodies in Theatre.” New Theatre Quarterly, Vol. 14, No. 54 (May 1998), pp.111-118.
• Darwin, Charles. The Expression of the Emotions in Men and Animals. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1965.
• Davis, Flora. Inside Intuition: What We Know About Nonverbal Communication. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1973.
• Davis, Martha. Body Movement and Nonverbal Communication: An Annotated Bibliography, 1971-1981. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1982.
  Sequel to Understanding Body Movement.
• ________, ed. Interaction Rhythms. New York: Human Sciences Press, 1982.
• ________. Towards Understanding the Intrinsic in Body Movement. Salem, NH: Ayer Co. Publishers, 1975.
  Body language touching on many fields, including drama, dance and mime.
• ________. Understanding Body Movement: An Annotated Bibliography. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1972.
• Ekman, Paul. “The Universal Smile: Face Muscles Talk Every Language,” Psychology Today. 9(September 1975): 35-39.
  Many facial expressions are read the same around the world.
• Fast, Julius. Body Language. NY: Fine Communications, 1994. ISBN 1567310044
• Ferguson, Suanne. Dancing Across the Curriculum: Learning Through Expression & Natural Movement. Fairfield: Pencil Point Press, Inc., 1997. ISBN 1881641694
• Garrison, Jeffrey G. Body Language. NY: Kodansha America, Inc., 1991. ISBN 0870119559
• Graves, Russell. “The Nature of Mime,” Educational Theatre Journal. 10(May 1978).
  Mimetic basis of speech; communicative effort.
• Guthrie, R. Dale. Body Hot Spots. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., 1976.
  See charts using actors to show a scale of “social organs.”
• Hadar, U. and B. Butterworth. “Iconic Gestures, Imagery, and World Retrieval in Speech.” Semiotica, Vol. 115, No.1-2 (1997), pp.147-172.
• Hall, Edward. Beyond Culture. New York: Doubleday, 1976.
• ________. The Hidden Dimension. New York: Anchor, 1969.
• ________. The Silent Language. Garden City, NY: Anchor, 1969.
• Harrison, Randall. “Body Language and Nonverbal Communication,” in Theatrical Movement, A Bibliographical Anthology. Bob Fleshman, ed. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1986.
• Holding, Dennis. Human Skills. New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1989.
• James, William T. “A Study of the Expression of Bodily Posture,” Journal of General Psychology. 7(1932): 405-37.
• Kelly, V. “Melancholy Within and Without: Pascal and Body Language.” Romance Notes, Vol. 35, No. 3 (Spring 1995), pp.255-269.
• Key, Mary Ritchie. Non-Verbal Communication: A Research Guide and Bibliography. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1977.
  Comprehensive; on arts and performance, culture, daily life, notation, animals, etc.
• ________. Paralanguage and Kinesics. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1975.
• Kirby, E. T. “Delsarte: Three Frontiers,” The Drama Review. 15(March 1972): 55-69.
• Knapp, Mark L. Nonverbal Communication in Human Interaction. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1972.
  A broad overview with extensive bibliography.
• Kurban, Michael J. Face & Body Language. Chicago: Libra Press, 1993. ISBN 0938863215
• Kurtz, Ron and Hector Prestera. The Body Reveals: What Your Body Says About You. San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1984. 0-06-250488-6
• Lamb, Warren and Elizabeth Watson. Body Code: The Meaning in Movement. Princeton, NJ: Princeton Book Company, 1987.
  A system of movement/character analysis based on effort-shape.
• Lambert, David. Body Language. London: William Collins Sons & Co., Ltd., 1996. ISBN 0004709187
• Lewis, David. The Body Language of Children: How Children Talk Before They Can Speak. Chicago: Independent Publishers Group, 1996. ISBN 0285633368
• Lewis, Hedwig. Body Language: A Guide for Professionals. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications, 1998. ISBN 0761992340
• Lowen, Alexander. The Language of the Body. New York: MacMillan, 1971.
• Lustig, Myron and Jolene Koester. Intercultural Competence. New York: Harper/Collins Collete Publishers, 1992.
• Marlowe, Julia. “The Eloquence of Silence,” in Actors on Acting. New York: Crown, 1949.
• McConnel, Joan. Ballet and Body Language. New York: n.p., 1977.
• Mehrabian, Albert. Silent Messages. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing Co., 1971.
• Miller, Jonathan. “Plays and Players,” in Non-Verbal Communication, Robert A. Hinde, ed. London: Cambridge University Press, 1977.
  Theatre and semiotics.
• Morris, Desmond. Manwatching. New York: Abrams, 1982.
  A “field guide” to human behavior.
• ________. and Peter Collett, Peter Marsh, and Marie O’Shaughnessy. Gestures. New York: Stein & Day, 1979.
  Origins and distribution of gestures in Europe.
• Nelson, Nigel. Body Talk. New York: Thomson Learning, 1993.
• Pardo, T. Earl. “Language of the Body,” Quarterly Journal of Speech Education. 9(June 1923): 252-58.
• Pavis, Patrice. Language of the Stage. New York: PAJ Publishers, 1982.
  Essays in the semiotics of theatre, including gesture and body language; reflection on the notation of theatrical performance.
• Quilliam, Susan. Sexual Body Talk: Understanding the Body Language of Attraction from First Glance to Sexual Happiness. Upland: Diane Publishing Company, 1998. ISBN 0788156470
• Quilliam, Susan. Body Language Secrets. San Francisco: Thorsons, 1998. ISBN 0722535333
• Robson, Pam. Body Language. Danbury: Franklin Watts Inc., 1997. ISBN 0531144682
• Rosenthal, R., et al. “Body Talk and Tone of Voice: The Language Without Words,” Psychology Today. Vol. 8.
• Ruesch, Jurgen and Wilson Kees. Nonverbal Communication. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1964.
  All forms: gesture, movement, signs, objects, etc.
• Scheflen, Albert. How Behavior Means. New York: J. Aronson, 1974.
• Sonesson, G. “The Multiple Bodies of Man: Project for a Semiotics of the Body.” Degres- Revue de Synthese a Orientation Semiologique, No. 74 (Summer 1993).
• Spiegel, John and Pavel Machotka. Messages of the Body. New York: Free Press, 1974.
  Includes some material on theatre, art, and body language.
• Steele, R. Don. Body Language Secrets: A Guide During Courtship and Dating. Whittier: Steel Balls Press, 1997. ISBN 0962067164
• Wainwright, Gordon R. Body Language. Lincolnwood: N T C/Contemporary Publishing Co., 1995. ISBN 0844239097
• Whiting, H. T. A. “Toward a Cognitive Psychology of Human Movement,” in Theatrical Movement: A Bibliographical Anthology, Bob Fleshman, ed. Metuchen, NJ: The Scarecrow Press, 1986.
• Wolfgang, Aron, ed. Non-verbal Behavior: Application and Cultural Implications. New York: Academic Press, 1979.
• Wundt, Wilhelm. The Language of Gestures. The Hague and Paris: Mouton, 1973.
  Forms of general communication: ethnic, the deaf, graphic art, and pictography.

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