MARSH, PETER — Eye to Eye

Salem House Pub. 1988. (ISBN: 9780881623710). Paperback. Paperback in very good condition. 1st edition. How people interact. From Publishers Weekly The observations of 26 British and American psychologists are here combined in words and pictures "to identify precisely what it means to be a social animal." A busy format blends text, headlines, boxed sidebars, diagrams, photographs and extended captions in a graphic overview of innate and cultural human communication. The book analyzes how facial expression, eye contact, touch, gesture, appearance and comportment function in such attitudes as shyness, enthusiasm, territorial awareness, dominance, rivalry, aggression and so on in minor acquaintance, friendship, group activity, romance, sexual attraction, family relationships and career contacts as well as the possible effect of these on individual health, self-esteem, success or failure. Conclusions reached are sometimes sweeping and rather flatly stated "women" gesture thus, "Italians" thus but there is no doubt about the universal appeal of this engaging tour de force. Used: Acceptable.