Gender And Nonverbal Behavior
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At the crossroads of communication science and feminist scholarship, Gender and Nonverbal Behavior presents a rigorous and revelatory examination of how gender shapes the silent language of human interaction — the gestures, postures, gazes, and spatial dynamics that speak volumes before a single word is uttered. Edited by Clara Mayo and Nancy M. Henley, this landmark anthology gathers leading researchers to dissect the ways in which nonverbal cues both reflect and reinforce social hierarchies, power asymmetries, and gendered expectations in everyday life. Part of Springer-Verlag's distinguished Springer Series in Social Psychology, the collection situates nonverbal behavior within a broader sociopolitical context, arguing that the body itself is a terrain on which gender norms are enacted and contested. Mayo and Henley's editorial vision is both scholarly and activist in spirit, bringing analytical precision to bear on phenomena often dismissed as trivial or instinctive. For anyone seeking to understand how dominance and deference are communicated without words, this volume remains an essential — and provocative — touchstone.
Author: Clara Mayo And Nancy M. Henley
Format: Hardback
Published: 1981, Springer-Verlag
Genre: Gender studies
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
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Pages: Good
At the crossroads of communication science and feminist scholarship, Gender and Nonverbal Behavior presents a rigorous and revelatory examination of how gender shapes the silent language of human interaction — the gestures, postures, gazes, and spatial dynamics that speak volumes before a single word is uttered. Edited by Clara Mayo and Nancy M. Henley, this landmark anthology gathers leading researchers to dissect the ways in which nonverbal cues both reflect and reinforce social hierarchies, power asymmetries, and gendered expectations in everyday life. Part of Springer-Verlag's distinguished Springer Series in Social Psychology, the collection situates nonverbal behavior within a broader sociopolitical context, arguing that the body itself is a terrain on which gender norms are enacted and contested. Mayo and Henley's editorial vision is both scholarly and activist in spirit, bringing analytical precision to bear on phenomena often dismissed as trivial or instinctive. For anyone seeking to understand how dominance and deference are communicated without words, this volume remains an essential — and provocative — touchstone.