Readings in Cultural Contexts

Readings in Cultural Contexts
Author: Judith N. Martin
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities, Social Sciences & World Languages
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1998
Genre: Communication and culture
ISBN: 9780767400619

Drawing from a wide selection of cutting-edge scholarship, this anthology provides readings that introduce important topics in intercultural communication and reect different research perspectives in the eld. 33 of the 50 articles included were written specifically for this text.

Readings in Intercultural Communication: Experiences and Contexts

Readings in Intercultural Communication: Experiences and Contexts
Author: Judith Martin
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities, Social Sciences & World Languages
Total Pages: 438
Release: 2002
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN:

The goal of this revised edition is to explore multiple perspectives in intercultural communication that are grounded in the everyday communication experiences of study. The essays in this edition range from the classic writings of E. T. Hall, Gerry Philipsen and Geert Hofstede to more recent scholarship influenced by critical theory and cultural studies.

Rereading America

Rereading America
Author: Gary Colombo
Publisher: Bedford Books
Total Pages: 861
Release: 2007
Genre: College readers
ISBN: 9780312447052

Intended as a reader for writing and critical thinking courses, this volume presents a collection of writings promoting cultural diversity, encouraging readers to grapple with the real differences in perspectives that arise in our complex society.

Intercultural Communication in Contexts

Intercultural Communication in Contexts
Author: Judith N. Martin
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities, Social Sciences & World Languages
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2000
Genre: Comunicación intercultural
ISBN: 9780767407106

This text addresses the core issues and concerns of intercultural communication by integrating three different perspectives: the social psychological, the interpretive, and the critical. The dialectical framework, integrated throughout the book, is used as a lens to examine the relationship of these research traditions.

Introducing Intercultural Communication

Introducing Intercultural Communication
Author: Shuang Liu
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 330
Release: 2010-11-09
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1446259544

Books on intercultural communication are rarely written with an intercultural readership in mind. In contrast, this multinational team of authors has put together an introduction to communicating across cultures that uses examples and case studies from around the world. The book further covers essential new topics, including international conflict, social networking, migration, and the effects technology and mass media play in the globalization of communication. Written to be accessible for international students too, this text situates communication theory in a truly global perspective. Each chapter brings to life the links between theory and practice and between the global and the local, introducing key theories and their practical applications. Along the way, you will be supported with first-rate learning resources, including: • theory corners with concise, boxed-out digests of key theoretical concepts • case illustrations putting the main points of each chapter into context • learning objectives, discussion questions, key terms and further reading framing each chapter and stimulating further discussion • a companion website containing resources for instructors, including multiple choice questions, presentation slides, exercises and activities, and teaching notes. This book will not merely guide you to success in your studies, but will teach you to become a more critical consumer of information and understand the influence of your own culture on how you view yourself and others.

The American Body in Context

The American Body in Context
Author: Jessica R. Johnston
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 366
Release: 2001
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 9780842028592

From Marilyn Monroe to the Spice Girls, from Grover Cleveland to President Clinton, to one's naked form reflected in the mirror each morning, Americans are taught to read bodies as symbols displaying and revealing hidden truths about the individual and his or her behaviours. Any discussion of the body becomes complex and muddled as one tries to analyze how and why certain body types are attributed certain meanings.

Readers and Reading Culture in the High Roman Empire

Readers and Reading Culture in the High Roman Empire
Author: William A. Johnson
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 238
Release: 2010-06-03
Genre: History
ISBN: 019972105X

In Readers and Reading Culture in the High Roman Empire, William Johnson examines the system and culture of reading among the elite in second-century Rome. The investigation proceeds in case-study fashion using the principal surviving witnesses, beginning with the communities of Pliny and Tacitus (with a look at Pliny's teacher, Quintilian) from the time of the emperor Trajan. Johnson then moves on to explore elite reading during the era of the Antonines, including the medical community around Galen, the philological community around Gellius and Fronto (with a look at the curious reading habits of Fronto's pupil Marcus Aurelius), and the intellectual communities lampooned by the satirist Lucian. Along the way, evidence from the papyri is deployed to help to understand better and more concretely both the mechanics of reading, and the social interactions that surrounded the ancient book. The result is a rich cultural history of individual reading communities that differentiate themselves in interesting ways even while in aggregate showing a coherent reading culture with fascinating similarities and contrasts to the reading culture of today.

Intercultural Discourse and Communication

Intercultural Discourse and Communication
Author: Scott F. Kiesling
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 352
Release: 2008-04-15
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0470758287

Intercultural Discourse and Communication: The Essential Readings is a collection of articles that discuss major theoretical approaches, case studies of cultural and sub-cultural contact from around the globe, issues of identity in 'bicultural' individuals, and the 'real world' implications of intercultural contact and conflict. Collects articles that describe and analyze discourse and communication in several channels, including spoken, written, and signed. Considers various group organizations such as culture/subculture, gender, race/ethnicity, social class, age, and region. Includes brief introductions to each section by the editors that explain main concepts. Contains discussion questions that enhance the book’s value for courses.

The Language and Intercultural Communication Reader

The Language and Intercultural Communication Reader
Author: Zhu Hua
Publisher:
Total Pages: 430
Release: 2011
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9780415549127

Language is key to understanding culture, and culture is an essential part of studying language. This reader focuses on the interplay between Language and Intercultural Communication. Reflecting the international nature of the field, this reader covers a wide range of language and cultural contexts: Arabic, Chinese, English (British, American, Australian and South African), Greek, Hebrew, Japanese, Samoan and Spanish. Divided into six parts, it covers: Culture, language and thought; Cultural approaches to discourse and pragmatics; Communication patterns across cultures; Teaching and learning cultural variations of language use; Interculturality and Intercultural Communication in professional contexts. With twenty two readings by eminent authorities in the field as well as cutting-edge materials representing current developments, the book explores the breadth and depth of the subject as well as providing an essential overview for both students and researchers. Each part begins with a clear and comprehensive introduction, and is enhanced by discussion questions, study activities and further reading sections. Alongside a comprehensive Resource List, detailing important reference books, journals, organisations and websites and an annotated Glossary of key terms, the final section offers advice on how to carry out research in Language and Intercultural Communication.

The Practice of Cultural Studies

The Practice of Cultural Studies
Author: Richard Johnson
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 316
Release: 2004-05-25
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780761961000

Presenting students with a how-to guide to doing research in cultural studies, The Practice of Cultural Studies is an original introduction to the field.The book combines clear introductions to the core concepts of cultural studies with a very practical sense of how research in the field actually gets done.