Communicating : the multiple modes of human communication /
Many accounts of human communication suggest that we are limited to communicating through words, visual images, the mass media and by digital means. This perspective underestimates the multisensory qualities of much of our human interconnecting and the multiple sounds, touches, sights and material o...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Routledge,
2014.
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Many accounts of human communication suggest that we are limited to communicating through words, visual images, the mass media and by digital means. This perspective underestimates the multisensory qualities of much of our human interconnecting and the multiple sounds, touches, sights and material objects which humans use so creatively to interconnect both nearby and across space and time. Ruth Finnegan brings together research from linguistic and sensory anthropology, alternative approaches to 'material culture' and 'the body', non-verbal communication, cultural studies, computer-mediated communication and illuminating work on animal communication. Examples from both western and non-western cultures, together with plentiful illustrations, enrich and deepen the analysis. |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxiii, 336 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781315869872 (electronic bk.) 9781317971009 (electronic bk.) |