Embodiment and Representation: Approaches from European, Asian, African and Ancient American Cultures

Embodiment and Representation Approaches from European, Asian, African and Ancient American Cultures In this volume, questions at the intersection of mental representations and their verbal and non-verbal means of expression are discussed, using embodiment theory as a basis.Focus is placed on establishing interdisciplinary relationships between linguistics, philosophy, psychology, anthropology, cultural studies, literary studies and translation studies. The theoretical reflections are studied in a vast catalogue of different culture-specific phenomena from the world?s most diverse European, Asian, African and Ancient American cultures. The book is divided into three parts: 1. The Relation of Body, Mind and Language, 2. Culture-Specific Concepts and their Linguistic and Ideographic Expression, and 3. Embodiment, Disembodiment, Intercorporeality and Physical Expression. Additional ISBNs 9783631909973Embodiment and Representation: Approaches from European, Asian, African and Ancient American Cultures 1st Edition is written by Kerstin St?rl (ed.) and published by Peter Lang Gmb H, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften. ISBNs for Embodiment and Representation are 9783631909966, 3631909969 and the print ISBNs are 9783631841471, 3631841477. Additional ISBNs include 9783631909973.