| Description |
288 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| 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 |
"From patent miscommunication through potent ambiguity to pregnant silence, this 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."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Papers presented at the ASA Conference held 1998, Canterbury, Eng |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
A.S.A. monographs no:37 0066-9679 |
| Subject |
Communication and culture -- Congresses.
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Nonverbal communication -- Congresses.
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Author |
Hendry, Joy.
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Watson, C. W.
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Association of Social Anthropologists. Conference (1998 : Canterbury, England)
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| LC no. |
00051705 |
| ISBN |
0415247446 (hbk.) |
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0415247454 (paperback) |
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