Communicating

ISBN-13: 9781032484143 / Miękka / 2023 / 376 str.

Ruth Finnegan

Opis

Not to be missed, this highly original book brings a fresh perspective on, among other things, that central topic of interest today - the dawn of human history - and on what being homo sapiens really means. This revised and updated edition has additional illustrations, updated chapters, and a new concluding chapter.

Recenzje

Praise for the second edition:

‘This is an intriguing exploration of the many means that we use to communicate, not only utilizing our language "sense" but all of our senses to give and receive messages. With many empirical and literary examples, it deepens our understanding of ourselves.’

Nancy Bonvillain, Bard College at Simon’s Rock, USA

Praise for the first edition:

'It's an ideal work for students of anthropology, cultural studies and of course, communication, but would also be of interest to anyone who wants an insight into how human beings work with each other, and how far we have come in achieving this.'

Peter Taylor-Whiffen, The Independent

Spis treści

Part I First Questions; 1. Humans communicate - what does that mean?  2. Communicative resources of humans and others; Part II The Senses; 3. The sounding word and its creation; 4. Communicating touch; 5. Sensing the odour; 6. Enacting the sights: Vision and the communicating body; 7. Creating and sharing sights: Humans arts and artefacts; Part III Beyond; 8. Beyond the five senses; 9. A mix of arts; 10. Through space and time; Part IV Last Questions; 11. Then, now, and on; Bibliography; Index

O autorze

Ruth Finnegan OBE FBA FAFS is Emeritus Professor (Open University), Medalist of the Royal Anthropological Society of Great Britain and Ireland, and Honorary Fellow of Somerville College, University of Oxford. Her previous publications, many of them prize-winning, focus mainly on linguistic anthropology, music, and cultural history.