Manwatching

by Desmond Morris

Paperback, 1977

Status

Available

Call number

153.6

Library's review

Indeholder "Introduction", "Actions", " Inborn Actions", " Discovered Actions", " Absorbed Actions", " Trained Actions", " Mixed Actions", "Gestures", " Incidental Gestures", " Expressive Gestures", " Mimic Gestures", " Schematic Gestures", " Symbolic Gestures", " Technical Gestures", " Coded

Gestures", "Gesture Variants", "Multimessage Gestures", "Gesture Alternatives", "Hybrid Gestures", "Compound Gestures", "Relic Gestures", "Regional Signals", "Baton Signals", "Guide Sign", "Yes/No Signals", "Gaze Behaviour", "Salutation Displays", "Postural Echo", "Tie-Signs", "Body-Contact Tie-Signs", "Auto-Contact", "Nonverbal Leakage", "Contradictory Signals", "Shortfall Signals", "Overkill Signals", "Status Displays", "Territorial Behaviour", "Barrier Signals", "Protective Behaviour", "Submissive Behaviour", "Religious Displays", "Altruistic Behaviour", "Fighting Behaviour", "Triumph Displays", "Cut-Off", "Autonomic Signals", "Pupil Signals", "Intention Movements", "Displacement Activities", "Redirected Activities", "Re-Motivating Actions", "Insult Signals", "Threat Signals", "Obscene Signals", "Taboo Zones", "Overexposed Signals", "Clothing Signals", "Body Adornment", "Gender Signals", "Body Self-Mimicry", "Sexual Signals", "Parental Signals", "Infantile Signals", "Animal Contacts", "Play Patterns", "Metasignals", "Supernormal Stimuli", "Aesthetic Behaviour", "Laterality", "Locomotion", "Aquatic Behaviour", "Feeding Behaviour", "Sporting Behaviour", "Resting Behaviour", "Reference", "Index", "Acknowledgements", "Picture Credits".

Glimrende bog om menneskets adfærd.

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Genres

Anthropology

All Topics

Nonfiction

Publication

HarperCollins Publishers (1977), Paperback, 320 pages

Description

A catalogue of human actions, postures, gestures, facial expressions, clothing, and adornments includes explanations of their underlying causes and meanings.

User reviews

LibraryThing member bridgetmarkwood

Desmond Morris is THE man. One of my academic heroes!!!

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LibraryThing member gbill

Desmond Morris studies mankind's social behavior and explains it as he would an animal, indeed pointing out in his introduction that "We are animals, after all." The photos make it interesting and are taken from many cultures, with a 1960s feel to them. Certainly worth looking through.

LibraryThing member drmaf

Outdated now, but still an interesting read. I think Morris pioneered the concept of anthropological observation of "civilized" people as distinct from "primitive" tribespeople, at least I cant remember any others prior to him, but whatever academic value this book had long since become obsolete as

anthropology has advanced by light years since its publication, but as a read its still entertaining and insightful.

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