This article is a qualitative review of 32 publications appearing since J. Bossard and E. Boll's
(1950) seminal work on family rituals was conducted. Definitions are offered whereby a …

Social norms are communally agreed upon, morally significant behavioral standards that
are, at least in part, responsible for uniquely human forms of cooperation and social …

Embodied Family Choreography documents the lived and embodied practices employed to
establish, maintain, and negotiate intimate social relationships in the family, examining …

A proposal for a fully post-phrenological neuroscience that details the evolutionary roots of
functional diversity in brain regions and networks. The computer analogy of the mind has …

Exploring Intercultural Communication investigates the role of language in intercultural
communication, paying particular attention to the interplay between cultural diversity and …

This lively book focuses on how different Jewish, Muslim, and Christian communities
engage with new media. Rather than simply reject or accept new media, religious …

This pathbreaking book looks at everyday storytelling as a twofold phenomenon--a
response to our desire for coherence, but also to our need to probe and acknowledge the …

¿ De qué manera las situaciones sociales influyen en el uso del lenguaje y en el discurso?
Este libro constituye la primera monografía en presentar una teoría multidisciplinaria del …

After his earlier book Discourse and Context, also published by Cambridge University Press,
Teun A. van Dijk in this study presents the second part of his multidisciplinary theory of …

The Ethnography of Communication presents the terms and concepts which are essential for
discussing how and why language is used and how its use varies in different cultures …