Communicative Functions of Performer Expressiveness and Their Artistic and Aesthetic Aspects: Analysis of a Scene from Smiles of a Summer Night

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Communicative Functions of Performer Expressiveness and Their Artistic and Aesthetic Aspects : Analysis of a Scene from Smiles of a Summer Night. / Riis, Johannes.

I: Projections: The Journal for Movies and Mind, Bind 11, Nr. 2, 10.10.2017, s. 49-66.

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Riis, J 2017, 'Communicative Functions of Performer Expressiveness and Their Artistic and Aesthetic Aspects: Analysis of a Scene from Smiles of a Summer Night', Projections: The Journal for Movies and Mind, bind 11, nr. 2, s. 49-66. https://doi.org/10.3167/proj.2017.110204

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Riis, J. (2017). Communicative Functions of Performer Expressiveness and Their Artistic and Aesthetic Aspects: Analysis of a Scene from Smiles of a Summer Night. Projections: The Journal for Movies and Mind, 11(2), 49-66. https://doi.org/10.3167/proj.2017.110204

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Riis J. Communicative Functions of Performer Expressiveness and Their Artistic and Aesthetic Aspects: Analysis of a Scene from Smiles of a Summer Night. Projections: The Journal for Movies and Mind. 2017 okt. 10;11(2):49-66. https://doi.org/10.3167/proj.2017.110204

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Riis, Johannes. / Communicative Functions of Performer Expressiveness and Their Artistic and Aesthetic Aspects : Analysis of a Scene from Smiles of a Summer Night. I: Projections: The Journal for Movies and Mind. 2017 ; Bind 11, Nr. 2. s. 49-66.

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