Advances in nonverbal communication : sociocultural, clinical, esthetic and literary perspectives / edited by Fernando Poyatos.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Poyatos, Fernando.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nonverbal communication.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (436 p.)

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 1992.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

This volume on nonverbal communication studies, the most multi- and interdisciplinary contribution to this field in almost twenty years, offers numerous suggestions for further research in many hitherto unexplored areas. The twenty contributions include the most recent theoretical and empirical crosscultural studies of gestures from historical, communicative and sociopsychological perspectives. In addition the volume presents novel psychological and clinical studies of nonverbal behaviors in connection with, for instance, aphasias and children's experience of artificial limbs. A whole section

Contents:

pt. 1. Theoretical research perspectives in nonverbal communication studies

pt. 2. Social and clinical aspects of nonverbal interaction

pt. 3. Cultural and crosscultural perspectives on gestures

pt. 4. Nonverbal communication in literature : advancements in literary anthropology

pt. 5. Art and literature : the visual recreation

pt. 6. New academic perspectives on nonverbal communication.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1-283-35826-3

9786613358264

90-272-7473-8

OCLC:

769342176