Embodiment and Representation

Approaches from European, Asian, African and Ancient American Cultures
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-3-631-84147-1
Verlag: Peter Lang

Buch, Englisch, 322 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 491 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Störl, Kerstin

Über Autor(innen)

Kerstin Störl was a Professor for Romance Languages and Regional Studies at the University of Vienna from 2018 to 2020 and is currently a non-tenured professor at the Humboldt University of Berlin. She teaches, researches and publishes in the fields of Linguistics and Romance, Latin American, Ancient American and Cultural Studies. Using a cognitive approach, she investigates the linguistic and cultural contact between Spanish and Quechua, and regularly conducts field research in the Peruvian Andean region of Cuzco. She works with interdisciplinary methods, taking into account selected philosophical and psychological aspects. Kerstin Störl is the initiator and co-editor of two series of books for Peter Lang International Academic Publishers.