An Anthropology of Indirect Communication

ISBN-13: 9780415247450 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 320 str.

Joy Hendry; C. W. Watson

Opis

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 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 constitute powerful ways of conveying meaning. This book should prove a challenging introduction to this subject.

O autorze

Joy Hendry is Professor of Social Anthropology at Oxford Brookes University. Her main area of interest is Japan and her publications include An Anthropologist in Japan (1999). C.W. Watson is Senior Lecturer in Anthropology at the University of Kent at Canterbury. He is a specialist on Indonesia and Malaysia and his publications include Multiculturalism (2000).