“Fascinating and emotionally challenging… The book’s graceful, non-technical style and the many illuminating, real-life illustrations make it a delight to read.“ —Library Journal

“Hall’s book helps us to rethink our values… We come away from it exhilerated.“ —Ashley Montagu

“In this penetrating analysis of the culturally determined yet ‘unconscious’ attitudes that mold our thought, feeling, communication and behavior…Hall makes explicit taken-for-granted linguistic patterns, body rhythms, personality dynamics, educational goals…Many of Hall’s ideas are original and incisive…[and] should reward careful readers with new ways of thinking about themselves and others.“ —Publishers Weekly

“A fascinating book which stands beside The Hidden Dimension and The Silent Language to prove Hall one of the most original anthropologists of our era.“ —Paul Bohannan