| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 308 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
A.S.A. monographs ; 37 |
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A.S.A. monographs ; 37.
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| 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 |
| Summary |
Annotation Sometimes we convey what we mean not by what we say but by what we do. This type of indirect communication is sometimes called 'indirection'. 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 analyse indirection by illustrating how food, silence, sunglasses, martial arts and rudeness call constitute powerful ways of conveying meaning. An Anthropology of Indirect Communication is an engaging text which provides a challenging introduction to this subject |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Nonverbal communication -- Congresses
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Communication and culture -- Congresses
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Nonverbal communication -- Congresses
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Communication and culture -- Congresses
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Communication Studies.
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Communication and culture
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Nonverbal communication
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Non-verbale communicatie.
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Interculturele communicatie.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Conference papers and proceedings
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Hendry, Joy
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Watson, C. W
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| LC no. |
00051705 |
| ISBN |
0203428579 |
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9780203428573 |
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0203428579 |
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9780415247450 |
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0415247454 |
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9780415247443 |
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0415247446 |
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9786610403264 |
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6610403260 |
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9781134539185 |
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1134539185 |
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9781134539130 |
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1134539134 |
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9781134539178 |
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1134539177 |
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