ABSTRACT

This paper draws on asylum court hearing observations and oral history interviews with asylum seekers and governmental personnel to examine the impact of nonverbal communication and displays of emotion in asylum interviews and hearings in the United States. The narrators describe why nonverbal communication plays such a central role in the asylum process and, building on theoretical foundations from communication studies, the paper offers an in-depth illustration of the ways eye contact and movement in particular influence the interpretations of asylum seekers’ claims for protection.

中文翻译：

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“酷刑幸存者长什么样？” 美国庇护面谈和听证会中的非语言交流

摘要

本文利用庇护法庭听证会的观察结果和对寻求庇护者和政府人员的口述历史访谈，研究非语言交流和情感表达在美国的庇护访谈和听证会中的影响。叙述者描述了为什么非语言交流在庇护过程中起着如此重要的作用，并且在交流研究的理论基础上，本文深入说明了目光接触和运动特别是影响对寻求庇护者声明的解释的方式为保护。