| Emotions Across Languages and Cultures: Diversity and Universals Contributor(s): Wierzbicka, Anna (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521599717 ISBN-13: 9780521599719 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $49.39 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 1999 Annotation: In this ground-breaking book, Anna Wierzbicka brings psychological, anthropological and lingusitic insights to bear on our understanding of the way emotions are expressed and experienced in different cultures, languages, and social relations. The expression of emotion in the face, body and modes of speech are all explored and Wierzbicka shows how the bodily expression of emotion varies across cultures and challenges traditional approaches to the study of facial expressions. This book will be invaluable to academics and students of emotion across the social sciences. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Emotions - Psychology | Social Psychology |
| Dewey: 152.4 |
| LCCN: 99013646 |
| Series: Studies in Emotion and Social Interaction |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.02" W x 9.06" (1.18 lbs) 364 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Asian |