Explorations in communication : an anthology / edited by Edmund Carpenter, Marshall McLuhan
Imprint
Boston : Beacon Press, 1960
Edition
1st ed
Descript
xii, 208 p. : ill.; 20 cm
CONTENT
Classroom without wallss -- Tactile communication -- Linguistic reflection of wintu thought -- Time and tense in Spanish epic poetry -- Buddhist symbolism -- The language of poetry -- Kinesics and communication -- Acoustic space -- space conception in prehistoric art -- The moving eye -- Pure color -- The pirate's wardroom -- The oral and written traditions -- Reading and writing -- The effect of the printed book on language in the 16th century -- Lineal and nonlineal codifications of reality -- Comments on lineal and nonlineal codifications of reality -- The new languages -- Media log -- Channel cat in the middle distance -- Joyce's wake -- Communications revolution -- The Soviet press -- Five sovereign fingers taxed the breath