Kinesics and Context
Kinesics and Context

Author: Ray L. Birdwhistell

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

Published: 2010-11-24

Total Pages: 354

ISBN-13: 0812201280

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Ray L. Birdwhistell, in this study of human body motion (a study he terms kinesics), advances the theory that human communication needs and uses all the senses, that the information conveyed by human gestures and movements is coded and patterned differently in various cultures, and that these codes can be discovered by skilled scrutiny of particular movements within a social context.

Foundations in Sociolinguistics
Foundations in Sociolinguistics

Author: Dell Hymes

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-10-16

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13: 1134556667

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Tavistock Press was established as a co-operative venture between the Tavistock Institute and Routledge & Kegan Paul (RKP) in the 1950s to produce a series of major contributions across the social sciences. This volume is part of a 2001 reissue of a selection of those important works which have since gone out of print, or are difficult to locate. Published by Routledge, 112 volumes in total are being brought together under the name The International Behavioural and Social Sciences Library: Classics from the Tavistock Press. Reproduced here in facsimile, this volume was originally published in 1977 and is available individually. The collection is also available in a number of themed mini-sets of between 5 and 13 volumes, or as a complete collection.

Roman Jakobson
Roman Jakobson

Author: Daniel Armstrong

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Published: 2020-10-26

Total Pages: 544

ISBN-13: 3112329783

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Leonard Bloomfield
Leonard Bloomfield

Author: John G. Fought

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 352

ISBN-13: 9780415174497

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This set reprints key journal articles originally published between 1915 and 1995, and covers all of the major assessments of Bloomfield's work.

Leisure Life
Leisure Life

Author: Tony Blackshaw

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2005-06-27

Total Pages: 189

ISBN-13: 1134489137

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Leisure Life is a ground-breaking study of men and masculinity. Focusing on the social networks and leisure lifestyles of a particular group of working-class men - 'the lads' - Tony Blackshaw argues that traditional social collectivities such as class are being superseded. Instead, leisure life is now the central arena in which individuals assert their identities and confirm their belonging. For 'the lads', leisure time is the pivotal point in a fragmented life which not only allows them to fashion some sense of order in a world of endemic disorder but also provides opportunities for the assertion of their masculinity. The book uniquely combines 'the lads'' own raw and compelling accounts of their leisure experiences with a sophisticated interpretive analysis. In doing so, it draws on the work of major theorists such as Baudrillard, Derrida, Foucault, and especially Bauman to develop new critical insights into our understanding of the meaning of leisure. Leisure Life awakens the sociological imagination. It offers a new approach to the study of masculinity and the ethnography of leisure, making it appropriate for courses in sociology, leisure, cultural and gender studies.