Body Talk and Cultural Identity in the African World
The body is a site bearing multiple signs of cultural inscriptions. People's postures, use of space, dress codes, speech particularities, facial expressions, tone qualities, gaze, and gestures are codes that send messages to observers. These messages differ across cultures and times. Some of these non-verbal messages are taken to be conscious or subconscious projection of a sense of personal or collective identity. The various forms of body talk may flag personal distinction, style, uniqueness or politics, in which case, the body and its presentations become stances of the self. Different from this, body talk may exhibit a society's or cultur…
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- ISBN: 978-1-78179-186-8
- EAN: 9781781791868
- Produktnummer: 17975072
- Verlag: Equinox Publishing Ltd
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
- Seitenangabe: 214 S.
- Masse: H15.8 cm x B23.4 cm x D2.3 cm 340 g
- Abbildungen: 31 figures
- Gewicht: 340
- Sonstiges: Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
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