Japanese culture and communication : critical cultural analysis / Ray T. Donahue.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Donahue, Ray T.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Communication and culture--Japan.

Communication and culture.

Communication--Cross-cultural studies.

Communication.

Interpersonal communication.

Cross-cultural studies.

Japan.

Interpersonal communication--Cross-cultural studies.

Genre:

Cross-cultural studies.

Physical Description:

xiii, 377 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham : University Press of America, [1998]

Summary:

Japanese Culture and Communication provides a cross-cultural training manual for interacting with the Japanese by considering the conceptual barriers involved, identifying the real differences related to communication and culture, and providing actual cases for developing critical cultural analysis. The author discusses Japan's distinctiveness as a country that appears both 'western' and 'eastern' yet actually developed its own unique tradition. He focuses on the perceptual barriers to effective intercultural relations, Japanese communication style, contrastive rhetoric or discourse between Japanese and English, and images of the Japanese in the mass media. Application exercises are provided, as well as guest articles from several foreign residents of Japan, and Japanese studies specialists.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [347]-370) and index.

ISBN:

0761812482

0761812490

OCLC:

39633614