ISBN:
1469652641
,
9781469652641
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (1 online resource)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Carayon, Céline Eloquence embodied
DDC:
302.2/22
Keywords:
Nonverbal communication
;
Indians of North America Communication
;
Indians of South America Communication
;
French Communication
;
French ; Communication
;
Indians of North America ; Communication
;
Manners and customs
;
Nonverbal communication
;
America
;
French colonies
;
HISTORY ; United States ; Colonial Period (1600-1775)
;
France Colonies
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Social life and customs
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
"Taking a fresh look at the first two centuries of French colonialism in the Americas, this book answers the long-standing question of how and how well indigenous Americans and the Europeans who arrived on their shores communicated with each other. French explorers and colonists in the sixteenth century noticed that indigenous peoples from Brazil to Canada used signs to communicate. The French, in response, quickly embraced the nonverbal as a means to overcome cultural and language barriers. Céline Carayon's close examination of their accounts enables her to recover these sophisticated native practices of embodied expressions" --
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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