Essay analyzes dynamic tensions in a Yiddish folktale through gesture interpretations, highlighting performer-audience interactions.
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.
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