“I Showed Him an Open Hand, He Showed me a Fist”

Iconicity, Ostension, and Cross-Modal Integration in a Yiddish Folktale

Authors

  • Richard Bauman Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.71743/ksfnpb69

Keywords:

ostension, iconicity, gesture, multimodality

Abstract

This essay offers a multimodal performance analysis of a widely documented international folktale. The emergent unfolding of the tale plot, which turns on constrasting interpretations of a series of thematized gestures, illuminates the dynamic tension between iconicity and ostension in performance.

JK sitting on a couch preparing to tell the tale of The Pope's Three Questions

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Published

2024-04-01

Issue

Ostension

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Articles

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Copyright (c) 2024 Richard Bauman (Author)

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How to Cite

Bauman, R. (2024). “I Showed Him an Open Hand, He Showed me a Fist”: Iconicity, Ostension, and Cross-Modal Integration in a Yiddish Folktale. Semiotic Review, 11. https://doi.org/10.71743/ksfnpb69