ABSTRACT
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 incisive 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 call constitute powerful ways of conveying meaning. An Anthropology of Indirect Communication is an engaging text which provides a challenging introduction to this subject.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |2 pages
Part I Intercultural communication and the anthropologist
chapter 4|15 pages
Talk, silence and the material world: patterns of indirect communication among agricultural families in northern
part |2 pages
Part II Indirection beyond language
chapter 7|13 pages
Trust, privacy, deceit and the quality of interpersonal relationships
part |2 pages
Part III Bodily possibilities
chapter 10|16 pages
Don’t talk – blend: ideas about body and communication in aikido practise
part |2 pages
Part IV Intricacies of language explained
chapter 14|21 pages
Unwrapping rudeness: inverted etiquette in an egalitarian enclave PETER PA RKES
part |2 pages
Part V English – with diplomacy