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Written in a clear, engaging style Facework: Bridging Theory and Practice introduces a new paradigm that identifies facework as the key to communication within the management of difference. Authors Kathy Domenici and Stephen W. Littlejohn illustrate how facework is a central process in the social construction of both identity and community.
Facework in the Community
Facework in the Community
Human beings and chimpanzees share some 98% of their DNA. In her lectures and films, Dr. Jane Goodall (e.g., 1986) shows that the two species are strikingly similar. Chimps have community leaders, ritualized social activity, and family ties. They use tools; play together; fight; have wars; and, amazingly, even share something akin to culture. If you watch chimpanzees long enough, you get the impression that they do a kind of rudimentary facework.
Yet, clearly, there is a universe of difference in that last 2% of genetic material. Humans use language for advanced communication. They build high-tech tools, elaborate architectural structures, and amazing modes of transportation. They adapt to almost every niche and travel easily from one part of the ...
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