Travelling to the East: A Nonverbal Communication Account

• Authors: Elena Buja
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The present paper aims to give some account of the inner life of the East of which a traveller seldom gains more than a passing glimpse, by exploring some differences in nonverbal communication between European travellers and the natives of India and Persia, as they emerge from literary pieces written in the period 1664-1900. The focus will be on two nonverbal codes only, namely use of artefacts and rituals and practices. The analysis indicates both similarities, as well as differences between the two investigated cultures in terms of use of artefacts and rituals.

Keywords

EN

intercultural encounters; nonverbal communication; artefacts; rituals and practices

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Acta Universitatis Sapientiae, Philologica
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 7
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 59-78

Dates

published

2015-12-01

online

2016-03-18

Contributors

author

Elena Buja

• Transilvania University of Braşov Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures

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Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/ausp-2015-0047