Abstract
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.
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