Anthropology of color : interdisciplinary multilevel modeling /

The field of color categorization has always been intrinsically multi- and inter-disciplinary, since its beginnings in the nineteenth century. The main contribution of this book is to foster a new level of integration among different approaches to the anthropological study of color. The editors have...

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Corporate Author: Walter de Gruyter & Co
Other Authors: MacLaury, Robert E., 1944-, Paramei, Galina V., Dedrick, Don
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Company, ©2007.
©2007
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:The field of color categorization has always been intrinsically multi- and inter-disciplinary, since its beginnings in the nineteenth century. The main contribution of this book is to foster a new level of integration among different approaches to the anthropological study of color. The editors have put great effort into bringing together research from anthropology, linguistics, psychology, semiotics, and a variety of other fields, by promoting the exploration of the different but interacting and complementary ways in which these various perspectives model the domain of color experience. By so.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xx, 485 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789027291707
9027291705
9781282152366
128215236X
9786612152368
6612152362