Mahwah, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1997. First edition, second printing. Light blue-white octavo, viii, 309 pages, b&w illustrations, 24 cm. Two less than quarter inch closed tears to spine foot, extremely mild rubbing to spine foot, sticker residue to rear board, light soiling to boards and fore-edges, faint soiling to spine, light pencil to few pages, bright pages in tight binding, else near fine(-). Hardcover. ISBN: 0805821791The book presents a complex picture of human communicative ability as simultaneously biologically and socioculturally influenced, with some capacities apparently more biologically hard-wired than others: face recognition, imitation, emotional communication, and the capacity for language. It also suggests that the dividing line between nonverbal and linguistic communication is becoming much less clearcut." "The contributing authors are leading researchers in a variety of fields, writing here for a general audience. The book is divided into sections dealing with, respectively, human universals, evolutionary and developmental aspects of nonverbal behavior within a sociocultural context, and finally, the multifaceted relationships between nonverbal communication and culture. Contents: Nonnverbal communication: crossing the boundary between culture and nature / Ullica Segerstrale and Peter Molnar -- Universal facial expressions of emotion: an old controversy and new findings / Paul Ekman and Dacher Keltner -- Psychophysiological reactions to facial expressions / Ulf Dimberg -- Universals in interpersonal interactions / Wulf Schiefenhovel -- Preverbal communication in humans and the genesis of culture / Hanus Papousek and Mechthild Papousek -- Development of emotions and their expression in task-oriented situations in infants and preschool children / Klaus Schneider.Nonverbal communication in nonhuman primates: implications for the emergence of culture / Stephen J. Suomi -- Communication signals of animals: contributions of emotion and reference / Peter Marler and Christopher S. Evans -- Social function of "smile" and "laughter": variations across primate species and societies / Signe Preuschoft and Jan A.R.A.M. van Hooff -- Primate communication and the ecology of a language niche / Alexandra Maryanski -- Evolution of emotions: the nonverbal basis of human social organization / Jonathan H. Turner -- Nonverbal communication and culture / Walter Goldschmidt.Posture as an interface between biology and culture / Michel Heller -- Sign language and gestures in medieval Europe: monasteries, courts of justice, and society / August Nitschke -- Nonverbal communication and the emergence of moral sentiments / Robert Frank. Body language, Psychology, Comparative.
