Kinesics and Context : : Essays on Body Motion Communication / / Ray L. Birdwhistell.
Ray L. Birdwhistell, in this study of human body motion (a study he terms kinesics), advances the theory that human communication needs and uses all the senses, that the information conveyed by human gestures and movements is coded and patterned differently in various cultures, and that these codes...
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Place / Publishing House: | Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2010] ©1971 |
Year of Publication: | 2010 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Conduct and Communication
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (352 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Editor's Note -- Contents -- Introduction -- PART I. Learning to Be a Human Body -- PART II. Isolating Behavior -- PART III. Approaching Behavior -- PART IV. Collecting Data: Observing, Filming, and Interviewing -- PART V. Research on An Interview -- Appendixes |
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Summary: | Ray L. Birdwhistell, in this study of human body motion (a study he terms kinesics), advances the theory that human communication needs and uses all the senses, that the information conveyed by human gestures and movements is coded and patterned differently in various cultures, and that these codes can be discovered by skilled scrutiny of particular movements within a social context. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9780812201284 9783110413458 9783110413618 9783110442526 |
DOI: | 10.9783/9780812201284 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Ray L. Birdwhistell. |