2001, ISBN: 9780415247450

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London ; New York : Routledge, 2001. 1st edition. Softcover. Fine copy in the original stiff-card wrappers. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especia… More...

London ; New York : Routledge, 2001. 1st edition. Softcover. Fine copy in the original stiff-card wrappers. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: xi, 308 pages: illustrations; 24 cm. Notes: Papers presented at the ASA Conference held 1998, Canterbury, Eng. Papers presented at the ASA Conference held in Canterbury in 1998. Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents: communicational distortion and the constitution of society: indirection as a form of life / Nigel Rapport -- On the ontological status of honour / Roger Just -- Not talking about sex in India: indirection and the communication of bodily intention / Helen Lambert -- Talk, silence, and the material world: patterns of indirect communication among agricultural families in northern England / Pia Chistensen, Jenny Hockey and Allison James -- Eating your words: communicating with food in the Ecuadorian Andes / Nicole Bourque -- Sunglasses, suitcases and other symbols: intentionality, creativity and indirect communication in festive and everyday performances / Sarah Pink -- Trust, privacy, deceit and the quality of interpersonal relationships: 'peasant' society revisited / Ursula Sharma -- The temple and the theme park: intention and indirection in religious tourist art / Terry D. Webb -- Dance, dissimulation and identity in Indonesia / Felicia Hughes-Freeland -- Don't talk -- blend: ideas about body and communication in aikido practise / Tamara Kohn -- License revoked: when calypso goes too far / Jonathan Skinner -- Indirect speech: heteroglossia, politeness and rudeness in Irula forest festivals / Neil Thin -- Straight talk, hidden talk and modernity: shifts in discourse strategy in Highland New Guinea / Lisette Josephides -- Unwrapping rudeness: inverted etiquette in an egalitarian enclave / Peter Parkes -- Ambiguity and verbal disguise within diplomatic culture / Annabel Black -- Delay and deception in Thai-British diplomatic encounters of the early 19th century / Andrew Turton -- Diplomacy and indirection, constraint and authority / James G. Carrier. Subjects: Nonverbal communication; Congresses. Communication and culture. Nonverbal communication. Indirect communication Society. Genre: Bibliography. Illustrated., London ; New York : Routledge, 2001, 0<

2001, ISBN: 9780415247450

Routledge, Taschenbuch, 320 Seiten, Publiziert: 2001-05-02T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, 0.48 kg, Verkaufsrang: 4119925, Soziologie, Sozialwissenschaft, Kategorien, Bücher, Linguistik, … More...

Routledge, Taschenbuch, 320 Seiten, Publiziert: 2001-05-02T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, 0.48 kg, Verkaufsrang: 4119925, Soziologie, Sozialwissenschaft, Kategorien, Bücher, Linguistik, Anthropologie, Taschenbücher, Fremdsprachige Bücher, Englische Bücher, 7c9a6c79-19ea-4dea-90da-d7d47042d341_2301, 7c9a6c79-19ea-4dea-90da-d7d47042d341_0, Arborist Merchandising Root, Hendry, Joy, Watson, C.W. Routledge, 2001<

ISBN: 9780415247450

From patent miscommunication through potent ambiguity to pregnant silence, this incisive collection examines from a rare anthropological perspective the many aspects of indirect communica… More...

From patent miscommunication through potent ambiguity to pregnant silence, this incisive collection examines from a rare anthropological perspective the many aspects of indirect communication. From a mormon theme park to carnival time on Montserrat the contributors analyze indirection by illustrating how food, silence, sunglasses, martial arts, and rudeness constitute powerful ways of conveying meaning. Media > Book, [PU: Routledge]<