<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> 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.</p></abstract>

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.

Travelling to the East: A Nonverbal Communication Account

Transilvania University of Braşov Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures

Acta Universitatis Sapientiae, Philologica

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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...

Travelling to the East: A Nonverbal Communication Account

Published Online: Mar 18, 2016

Page range: 59 - 78

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ausp-2015-0047

Keywords
intercultural encounters, nonverbal communication, artefacts, rituals and practices

© 2016

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Travelling to the East: A Nonverbal Communication Account

Published Online: Mar 18, 2016

Page range: 59 - 78

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ausp-2015-0047

Keywordsintercultural encounters, nonverbal communication, artefacts, rituals and practices

© 2016

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
intercultural encounters, nonverbal communication, artefacts, rituals and practices