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Media type:
Book
Title:
Intercultural communication
:
an introduction
Contains:
PART I: CULTURE AS CONTEXT FOR COMMUNICATION: The dispute over defining culture -- Defining communication as an element of culture -- Barriers to intercultural communication -- Stereotypes and prejudices as barriers -- PART II: COMMUNICATION VARIABLES: Nonverbal communication -- Knowing culture through language -- Language as a barrier -- Culture's influence on perception -- PART III: CULTURAL VALUES: Dimensions of culture -- Dominant United States cultural patterns: using value orientation theory -- Comparative cultural patterns: Arabian culture -- Women, families, and children -- Contact between cultures -- PART IV: CULTURES WITHIN CULTURES: Immigration and acculturation -- Forces against assimilation -- Forces to conform to one cultural identity -- Reclaiming a culture -- Identity and subgroups -- PART V: THE FUTURE: Multiculturalism -- Challenges facing intercultural communication.
Includes bibliographical references and index