@compost_funeral@kolektiva.social
Post #989264
2026-03-26 16:49 UTC
Is there a word for "body language accent" and is there a body of literature on this subject that I could find if I had the right keywords?
I mean things like styles of sitting attributed regionality ("asian squat", "western toilet"), levels of physicality in speech ("gag an italian by handcuffing them"), also things like the way a lot of white American men will have been trained to pitch a ball with a certain posture that reminds you of specifically baseball, or how nearly everyone who went through the Finnish school system has a certain angle to the way they sit. This way of holding oneself and expressing oneself which seems like actually the deepest level of cultural identification for many.
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@Fishercat@kolektiva.social 2026-04-18 20:23
@compost_funeral There's an excellent sci-fi novel by Janet Kagan, called "Hellspark," that focuses a lot on this question. I recommend it.