Communicating: The Multiple Modes of Human Communication - Ruth Finnegan

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Auteur(s) : Ruth Finnegan

Editeur : Routledge

Langue : Anglais

Parution : 01/12/2013

Format : Moyen, de 350g à 1kg

Nombre de pages : 336

Expédition : 604

Dimensions : 23.3 x 15.4 x 2.2

ISBN : 0415837804

Résumé :

In Communicating, the anthropologist Ruth Finnegan considers the many and varied modes through which we humans communicate and the multisensory resources we draw on.The book uncovers the amazing array of sounds, sights, smells, gestures, looks, movements, touches and material objects which humans use so creatively to interconnect both nearby and across space and time - resources consistently underestimated in those western ideologies that prioritise 'rationality' and referential language.

Biographie:
Ruth Finnegan is Emeritus and Visiting Research Professor in Sociology at The Open University , UK. Her previous publications include Oral Literature in Africa (1970), Oral Poetry (1977/1992), Information Technology (1987), Literacy and Orality (1988), The Hidden Musicians (1989), Oral Traditions and the Verbal Arts (1992), South Pacific Oral Traditions (1995), andTales of the City (1998).

Sommaire:

Part 1 Foundations 1. Communicating Humans...but what does that mean? 2.How Can We Communicate? The Basic Resources of Humans and Other Animals Part II Channels of Communication 3. The Sounding World and its Creation 4. Shaping the Sights: vision and the communicating body 5. Creating and Sharing Sights: human arts and artefacts 6. Sensing the Odour 7. Communicating Touch Part III The Multiple Creativity in Human Communicating 8 . Communicating Through the Ether: a story of dreaming, death and the imaginary 9. A Mix of Arts 10. Through Space and Time

'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