Intercultural communication : a reader / [edited by] Larry A. Samovar, Richard E. Porter and Edwin R. McDaniel.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface -- 1. Approaches to Intercultural Communication -- Understanding Intercultural Communication: An Overview -- Imaging Culture with a Little Help from the Pushmi-Pullyu -- Culture and Conflict -- Our Locus in the Universe: Worldview and Intercultural Communication -- The Practice of Intercultural Communication: Reflections for Professionals in Cultural Meetings -- 2. Cultural Identity: Issues of Belonging -- Cultural Identity and Intercultural Communication -- Finding My Whiteness: A Narrative of Cultural Identification -- A Polish Jewish American Story: Collective Memories and Intergroup Relations -- The Hybrid Identities of Gender Queer: Claiming Neither/Nor, Both/And -- Ambiguous Insiders: An Investigation of Arab American Invisibility -- 3. International Cultures: Understanding Diversity -- Living Together vs. Going It Alone -- The Wei (Positioning)-Ming (Naming)-Lianmian (Face) Continuum in Contemporary Chinese Culture -- India: The Dance of Shiva -- Personality and Person Perception in AFrica -- Communication with Egyptians -- 4. Co-Cultures: Living in Two Cultures -- Unum and Pluribus: Ideological Underpinnings of Interethnic Communication in the United States -- Does the Worm Live in the Ground? Reflections on Native American Spirituality -- Let Me Count the Ways: African-American/European-American Marriages -- Gendered Communication Styles -- "Which Is My Good Leg?": Cultural Communication of Persons with Disabilities -- In Plain Sight: Gay and Lesbian Communication and Culture -- 5. Intercultural Messages: Verbal and Nonverbal Communication -- The Nexus of Language, Communication, and Culture -- German Language: Whose Language, Whose Culture? -- Dialogue and Cultural Communication Codes Between Israeli Jews and Palestinians -- Public Speaking Patterns in Kenya -- Mexican Dichos: Lessons Through Language -- Unraveling Cultural Cues: Dimensions of Nonverbal Communication Across Cultures -- Japanese Nonverbal Communication: A Reflection of Cultural Themes -- 6. Cultural Contexts: The Influence of the Setting -- U.S. Americans and Mexicans Working Together: Five Core Concepts -- Application of American Management Theories and Practices to the Indian Business Environment: Understanding the Impact of National Culture -- Contrasts in Discussion Behaviors of German and American Managers -- "Half-Truths" in Argentina, Brazil, and India: An Intercultural Analysis of Physician-Patient Communication -- Exploring Culture in Nursing: A Theory-Driven Practice -- Culture and Communication in the Classroom -- Social Dynamics of the Multicultural Classroom -- 7. Communicating Interculturally: Becoming Competent -- Intercultural Awareness -- Managing Intercultural Conflicts Effectively -- The Role of Dialogue in Managing Intergroup Conflict -- Sojourner Adaptation -- 8. Ethical Considerations: Prospects for the Future -- Cultural Diversity: A World View -- The Limits to Cultural Diversity -- Intercultural Personhood: An Integration of Eastern and Western Perspectives -- Ethical Intercultural Technical Communication: Looking Through the Lens of Confucian Ethics -- Business Ethics and Intercultural Communication: Exploring the Overlap Between Two Academic Fields -- Index.

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