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Jandt, Fred Edmund

An introduction to intercultural communication : identities in a global community / Intercultural communication Fred E. Jandt. - Sixth edition. - various pagings : illustrations, map ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Culture as Context for Communication -- The Dispute Over Defining Culture -- Defining Communication as an Element of Culture -- Culture's Influence on Perception -- Communication Variables -- Barriers to Intercultural Communication -- Nonverbal Communication -- Language as a Barrier -- Cultural Values -- Dimensions of Culture -- Dominant U.S. Cultural Patterns: Using Value Orientation -- Comparative Cultural Patterns: Arab Culture -- Women, Families, and Children -- Contact Between Cultures -- Cultures Within Cultures -- Immigration and Acculturation -- Cultures in Marginalization and Separation and Segregation -- Assimilation and Integration -- Identity and Subgroups. Part I. 1. 2. 3. Part II. 4. 5. 6. Part III. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. Part IV. 12. 13. 14. 15.

ISBN: 1412970105 9781412970105

LCCN: 2009003137

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Intercultural communication.
Intercultural communication--United States
Communication, International

LC Class. No.: GN345 / .J43 2010

Dewey Class. No.: 303.482