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proxemics
[proksē′miks]
Etymology: L, proximus, nearest
the study of spatial distances between people and their effect on interpersonal behavior, especially in relation to population density, placement of people within an area, territoriality, personal space, and the opportunity for privacy.

Proxemics
The formal study of the effects of the 'sphere of space'—i.e., the distance separating one person from another—which dictates the way in which we react with each other


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[and] foregrounds proxemic relations between characters" (1995: 341), thereby depicting the unequal power relations between the two women.
6) Although Shakespeare depicts a form of single combat between Hal and Hotspur that is far removed from the early modern duel of honor, Low argues that the combatants' remarks about one another "manifest the same sense about proxemic penetration" (92) as contemporary manuals and accounts of fencing.
For a study of the huge variety of verbal, nonverbal, and proxemic cues that people use to negotiate identity in the workplace, see Sherry M.
 
 
 
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