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INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION: A READER is based on the idea that successful intercultural communication is a matter of highest importance if humankind and society are to survive. This text is theoretical and practical so that the issues associated with intercultural communication can be first understood and then acted upon. This broad-based, highly engaging reader, compiled by the authors who defined the course, includes a balance of articles -- some commissioned solely for this text --that discuss the classic ideas that laid the groundwork for ... MOREthis field, as well as those that investigate the field's latest research and ideas. Material is presented in context that allows students to read, understand and then apply the concepts to their lives to ensure that they are effective, culturally aware communicators.

PREFACE. 1. INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION: SOME APPROACHES. Edwin R. McDaniel, Larry A. Samovar, and Richard E. Porter, Intercultural Communication: An Introduction and Overview of the Basics. Aaron Castelan Cargile, Imaging Culture with a Little Help from the Pushmi-Pullyu. Harry C. Triandis, Culture and Conflict. Satoshi Ishii, Donald Cooke, and Donald Klopf, Our Locus in the Universe: Worldview and Intercultural Communication. Iben Jensen, The Practice of Intercultural Communication: Reflections for Professionals in Cultural Meetings. 2. CULTURAL IDENTITY: ISSUES OF BELONGING. Mary Jane Collier, Cultural Identity and Intercultural Communication. Robert Krizek, Finding My Whiteness: A Narrative of Cultural Identification. Jolanta A. Drzewiecha and Nancy Draznin, A Polish American Jewish Story: Collective Memories and Intergroup Relations. A. L. Zimmerman and Patricia Geist-Martin, The Hybrid Identification of Gender Queer: Claiming Neither/Nor, Both/And. Nadine Naber, Ambiguous Insiders: An Investigation of Arab American Invisibility*. 3. UNDERSTANDING DIVERSITY: INTERNATIONAL CULTURES. Wenshan Jia, The Wei (Positioning)Ming (Naming)Lianmian (Face) Continuum in Contemporary Chinese Culture. Martin J. Gannon, India: The Dance of Shiva. Karl Peltzer, Personality and Person Perception in Africa. Polly A. Begley, Communication with Egyptians. 4. CO-CULTURES: LIVING IN TWO CULTURES. Young Yun Kim, Unum and Pluribus: Ideological Underpinnings of Interethnic Communication in the United States. Michael Tinusta Garrett and Michael P. Wilbur, Does the Worm Live in the Ground: Reflections on Native American Spirituality. Donna Stringer, Let Me Count the Ways: African-American/European American Relationships. Julia T. Wood and Nina M. Reich, Gendered Communication Styles. Dawn O. Braithwaite and Charles A. Braithwaite, "Which is My Good Leg?": Cultural Communication of Persons With Disabilities. William F. Eadie, In Plain Sight: Gay and Lesbians Communication and Culture. 5. MESSAGES: VERBAL PROCESSES AND NONVERBAL INTERACTION. Mary Fong, The Nexus of Language, Communication, and Culture. Helen Kelly-Holmes, German Language: Whose language, Whose Culture? Donald Ellis and Ifat Moaz, Dialogue and Cultural Communication Codes Between Israelite-Jews and Palestinians. Anne Neville Miller, Public Speaking Patterns in Kenya. Carolyn Roy, Mexican Dichos: Lessons Through Language. Peter A. Andersen and Hua Wang, Unraveling Cultural Cues: Dimensions of Nonverbal Communication Across Cultures. Edwin R. McDaniel, Japanese Nonverbal Communication: A Reflection of Cultural Themes. 6. CULTURAL CONTEXTS: THE INFLUENCE OF THE SETTING. Sheryl Lindlsey and Charles Braithwaite, U.S. Americans and Mexicans Working Together: Five Core Concepts. Suresh Goplan and Angie Stahl, Application of American Management Theories and Practices to the Indian Business Environment: Understanding the Impact of National Culture. Robert A. Friday, Contrasts in Discussion Behavior of German and American Managers. Nagesh Rao, "Half-truths" in Argentina, Brazil, and India: An Intercultural Analysis of Physician-Patient Communication. Brian E. Mendyka, Exploring Culture in Nursing: A Theory-Driven Practice. Geneva Gay, Culture and Communication in the Classroom. Johann Le Roux, Social Dynamics of the Multicultural Classroom. 7. INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION: BECOMING COMPETENT. Guo-Ming Chen and William J. Storosta, Intercultural Awareness. Stella Ting-Toomey, Managing Intercultural Conflicts Effectively. Abhik Roy and Bayo Oludaja, The Role of Dialogue in Managing Intergroup Conflict. Polly Begley, Sojourner Adaptation. 8. ETHICAL CONSIDERATION: PROSPECTS FOR THE FUTURE. Thomas Sowell, Cultural Diversity: A World View. Harlen Cleveland, The Limits of Cultural Diversity. Young Yun Kim, Intercultural Personhood: An Integration of Eastern and Western Perspectives. Sam Dragga, Ethical Intercultural Technical Communication: Looking Through the Lens of Confucian Ethics. Johannes Brinkman

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Preface

Approaches to Intercultural Communication

(48)

Understanding Intercultural Communication: An Overview

(10)

Edwin R. McDaniel

Larry A. Samovar

Richard E. Porter

Imagining Culture with a Little Help from the Pushmi-Pullyu

(6)

Aaron Castelan Cargile

Culture and Conflict

(10)

Harry C. Triandis

Our Locus in the Universe: Worldview and Intercultural Communication

(7)

Satoshi Ishii

Donald Klopf

Peggy Cooke

The Practice of Intercultural Communication: Reflections for Professionals in Cultural Meetings

(10)

Iben Jensen

Cultural Identity: Issues of Belonging

(49)

Cultural Identity and Intercultural Communication

(8)

Mary Jane Collier

Finding My Whiteness: A Narrative of Cultural Identification

(10)

Robert Krizek

A Polish Jewish American Story: Collective Memories and Intergroup Relations

(5)

Jolanta A. Drzewiecka

Nancy Draznin

The Hybrid Identities of Gender Queer: Claiming Neither/Nor, Both/And

(6)

A. L. Zimmerman

Patricia Geist-Martin

Ambiguous Insiders: An Investigation of Arab American Invisibility

(16)

Nadine Naber

International Cultures: Understanding Diversity

(51)

Living Together vs. Going It Alone

103

(11)

Richard E. Nisbett

The Wei (Positioning)--Ming (Naming)--Lianmian (Face) Continuum in Contemporary Chinese Culture

114

(8)

Wenshan Jia

India: The Dance of Shiva

122

(13)

Martin J. Gannon

Personality and Person Perception in Africa

135

(7)

Karl Peltzer

Communication with Egyptians

142

(7)

Polly A. Begley

Co-Cultures: Living in Two Cultures

149

(60)

Unum and Pluribus: Ideological Underpinnings of Interethnic Communication in the United States

153

(11)

Young Yun Kim

Does the Worm Live in the Ground? Reflections on Native American Spirituality

164

(6)

Michael Tlanusta Garrett

Michael P. Wilbur

Let Me Count the Ways: African-American/European-American Marriages

170

(7)

Donna M. Stringer

Gendered Communication Styles

177

(10)

Julia T. Wood

Nina M. Reich

``Which Is My Good Leg?'': Cultural Communication of Persons with Disabilities

187

(11)

Dawn O. Braithwaite

Charles A. Braithwaite

In Plain Sight: Gay and Lesbian Communication and Culture

198

(11)

William F. Eadie

Intercultural Messages: Verbal and Nonverbal Communication

209

(66)

The Nexus of Language, Communication, and Culture

214

(8)

Mary Fong

German Language: Whose Language, Whose Culture?

222

(9)

Helen Kelly-Holmes

Dialogue and Cultural Communication Codes Between Israeli Jews and Palestinians

231

(7)

Donald G. Ellis

Ifat Maoz

Public Speaking Patterns in Kenya

238

(8)

Ann Neville Miller

Mexican Dichos: Lessons Through Language

246

(4)

Carolyn Roy

Unraveling Cultural Cues: Dimensions of Nonverbal Communication Across Cultures

250

(16)

Peter A. Andersen

Hua Wang

Japanese Nonverbal Communication: A Reflection of Cultural Themes

266

(9)

Edwin R. McDaniel

Cultural Contexts: The Influence of the Setting

275

(79)

U.S. Americans and Mexicans Working Together: Five Core Concepts

280

(6)

Sheryl L. Lindsley

Charles A. Braithwaite

Application of American Management Theories and Practices to the Indian Business Environment: Understanding the Impact of National Culture

286

(12)

Suresh Gopalan

Angie Stahl

Contrasts in Discussion Behaviors of German and American Managers

298

(10)

Robert A. Friday

``Half-Truths'' in Argentina, Brazil, and India: An Intercultural Analysis of Physician--Patient Communication

308

(10)

Nagesh Rao

Exploring Culture in Nursing: A Theory-Driven Practice

318

(8)

Brian E. Mendyka

Culture and Communication in the Classroom

326

(17)

Geneva Gay

Social Dynamics of the Multicultural Classroom

343

(11)

Johann Le Roux

Communicating Interculturally: Becoming Competent

354

(40)

Intercultural Awareness

357

(9)

Guo-Ming Chen

William J. Starosta

Managing Intercultural Conflicts Effectively

366

(12)

Stella Ting-Toomey

The Role of Dialogue in Managing Intergroup Conflict

378

(9)

Abhik Roy

Bayo Oludaja

Sojourner Adaptation

387

(7)

Polly A. Begley

Ethical Considerations: Prospects for the Future

394

(47)

Cultural Diversity: A World View

398

(7)

Thomas Sowell

The Limits to Cultural Diversity

405

(3)

Harlan Cleveland

Intercultural Personhood: An Integration of Eastern and Western Perspectives

408

(12)

Young Yun Kim

Ethical Intercultural Technical Communication: Looking Through the Lens of Confucian Ethics

420

(10)

Sam Dragga

Business Ethics and Intercultural Communication: Exploring the Overlap Between Two Academic Fields

430

(11)

Johannes Brinkmann

Index

441

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