The Invisible Culture

by Philips, Susan Urmston

• ISBN13: 9780881336948
• ISBN10: 0881336947
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1992-09-01
• Publisher: Waveland Pr Inc

Table of Contents

Introduction 1993	xi
Part I Introduction	1	(20)
1 Verbal and Nonverbal Communication in the Socialization of Children	3	(10)
An Anthropological Approach to Language Socialization	3	(1)
The Relation Between Verbal and Nonverbal Behavior in Human Communication	4	(3)
The Behavioral Means for Securing and Conveying Attention	7	(4)
The Plan of the Book	11	(2)
2 Research Methodology	13	(8)
The Purpose of the Study	13	(1)
Participant Observation	14	(2)
Classroom Research: Four Classrooms	16	(3)
Community Research	19	(2)
Part II Communication in the Warm Springs Indian Community	21	(50)
3 The Warm Springs Indian Reservation	23	(16)
The Reservation as a Political and Social Unit	23	(5)
Warm Springs as a Plateau Reservation	28	(3)
The Internal Organization of the Reservation	31	(3)
Local Indian-Anglo Relations	34	(5)
4 The Use of the Auditory and Visual Channels of Communication among Warm Springs Indians	39	(32)
Introduction	39	(6)
The Attention Structure of Warm Springs Interaction	45	(13)
Regulation of Speaker Change	58	(4)
5 Visual and Auditory Socialization	62	(9)
The Learning Environment	62	(4)
Social Control of Warm Springs Children	66	(5)
Part III Communication in the Classroom	71	(65)
6 Getting the Floor in the Classroom	73	(22)
Introduction	73	(1)
The Official Structure of Classroom Interaction	74	(16)
The Student Infrastructure	90	(2)
Learning How to Get the Floor in the Classroom	92	(3)
7 A Comparison of Indian and Anglo Communicative Behavior in Classroom Interaction	95	(31)
Evidence of Indian Noncomprehension in the Classroom	95	(5)
Paying Attention in the Classroom	100	(8)
Getting the Floor in the Classroom	108	(18)
8 Conclusion	126	(10)
Recapitulation	126	(4)
Practical Implications	130	(4)
Agents of Change	134	(2)
References	136	(3)
Appendix A Transcription Notational Devices	139	(2)
Index	141