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Originally Posted by Stitchawl
I just finished 'The Definitive Book of Body Language' by Allen Pease. Some interesting ideas that Julius Fast never touched on in his work. Neither are scholarly volumes, so make for interesting, relaxed reading. Ready for more on the same subject, but with more academic standing rather than aimed at sales and social settings.
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Look up Proxemics, and specifically the work of the late anthropologist Edward T. Hall. Hall coined the term as part of his research in comparative culture.
Hall and his research partner, linguist Norman Trager. realized they would have to create a theory of culture to define what they were analyzing and comparing. Hall's book
The Silent Language outlines the theory they developed, which is further explicated in
The Hidden Dimension and
Beyond Culture.
Hall considered non-verbal communication a critical part of culture, and devoted a good deal of research to it.
I consider Hall's work critical, and recommend it to everybody. Alas, it doesn't seem to be available as (legal) eBooks. Paper copies are on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/The-Silent-Lan.../dp/0385055498
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Dennis