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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN-100812276051
ISBN-139780812276053
eBay Product ID (ePID)4478110
Product Key Features
Number of Pages352 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameKinesics and Context : Essays on Body Motion Communication
Publication Year1970
SubjectCommunication Studies, Body Language & Nonverbal Communication, Anthropology / General
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaLanguage Arts & Disciplines, Social Science
AuthorRay L. Birdwhistell
SeriesConduct and Communication Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN77-122379
Reviews"Ray Birdwhistell . . . is the first to have built a bridge between anthropology and the world of contemporary arts."--Marshall McLuhan, "Few brilliant pioneer workers have the opportunity that Professor Birdwhistell has had to see his unique observations validated through technical innovation. So he was able to develop kinesics, which has now become part of a systematic anthropological investigation."--Margaret Mead
SynopsisRay 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.