Dynamic Dance - Nonvocal Communication in African Great Apes

Informationen zum Autor Barbara J. King Klappentext Using dynamic systems theory, an approach employed to study human communication, King is able to demonstrate the genuine complexity of apes' social communication, and the extent to which their interactions generate meaning. As King describes, apes create meaning primarily through their body movements--and go well beyond conveying messages about food, mating, or predators. Zusammenfassung Using dynamic systems theory, employed to study human communication, King demonstrates the complexity of apes’ social communication, and the extent to which their interactions generate meaning. As King describes, apes create meaning primarily through their body movements—and go well beyond conveying messages about food, mating, or predators. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Social Communication as Dance 2. Gesture and Dynamic Systems Theory 3. Gesture in Captive African Great Apes 4. Gesture in Wild African Great Apes 5. The Evolution of Gesture 6. Imagined Futures Notes Bibliography Acknowledgments Index

Product details

• Authors: Barbara J King, Barbara J. King
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2004
• EAN: 9780674015159
• ISBN: 978-0-674-01515-9
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 222 mm x 32 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Zoology; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, NATURE / Animals / Primates, Biology, life sciences, Zoology and animal sciences, Zoology: primates (primatology)