Skip to main content
Codex Mundi A scholarly atlas of the senses lost when crossing borders
Codex MundiEyes and eye contactLe clin d'œil de séduction (Asie de l'Est)
e0188Eyes and eye contact · regard-genre

Le clin d'œil de séduction (Asie de l'Est)

Un clin d'œil dans un bureau tokyoïte : inconvenance certifiée.

Geography of misunderstanding

Offensive

  • china-continental
  • japan
  • south-korea
  • taiwan
  • hong-kong
  • mongolia

Neutral

  • usa
  • canada
  • france
  • belgium
  • netherlands
  • luxembourg

Not documented

  • peuples-autochtones

Sources · 3

AcademicMorris, D., Collett, P., Marsh, P., & O'Shaughnessy, M. (1979). Gestures: Their Origins and Distribution. Stein & Day / Jonathan Cape.
AcademicAxtell, R. E. (1998). Gestures: The Do's and Taboos of Body Language Around the World (revised edition). John Wiley & Sons.
AcademicMatsumoto, D. & Hwang, H.C. (2013). Cultural similarities and differences in emblematic gestures. Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, 37(1), 1-27. —