The global intercultural communication reader / Molefi Kete Asante, Yoshitaka Miike, & Jing Yin, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Asante, Molefi Kete, 1942-

Miike, Yoshitaka.

Yin, Jing, 1974-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Intercultural communication.

Physical Description:

xix, 346 pages ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2008.

Summary:

The field of intercultural communication seeks to understand the process of communicating across cultural boundaries with an aim toward promoting positive relations between different cultures and nations. The Global Intercultural Communication Reader is the first comprehensive anthology to take a distinctly non-Eurocentric approach to analyzing and appreciating the diverse ways of communicating in different cultures, and incorporates African and Asian as well as Western perspectives. The volume's international scope aims to expand and enlarge the field by promoting greater engagement with the closely related field of international communication. Featuring twenty readings by important intercultural and international communication scholars, The Global Intercultural Communication Reader is edited by Molefi Kete Asante, one of the founders of the field of intercultural communication, along with international scholars Yoshitaka Miike and Jing Yin. The volume is ideal for undergraduate and graduate courses in intercultural communication, particularly those with an international focus.

Contents:

Part I Perspectives on Culture in Theory and Research 9

1 Concepts of "Culture": Implications for Intercultural Communication Research / Dreama G. Moon 11

2 Ethical Implications of the Ethnic "Text" in Multicultural Communication Studies / Dolores Valencia Tanno 27

3 The Centrality of Culture / Robert Shuter 37

Part II Metatheoretical Frameworks for Future Directions 45

4 The Ideological Significance of Afrocentricity in Intercultural Communication / Molefi Kete Asante 47

5 Toward an Alternative Metatheory of Human Communication: An Asiacentric Vision / Yoshitaka Miike 57

6 Thinking Dialectically about Culture and Communication / Judith N. Martin, Thomas K. Nakayama 73

Part III Contextual Approaches to Culture and Communication 93

7 Language and Words: Communication in the Analects of Confucius / Hui-Ching Chang 95

8 Ubuntu in South Africa: A Sociolinguistic Perspective to a Pan-African Concept / Nkonko M. Kamwangamalu 113

9 Constructing the Other: A Critical Reading of The Joy Luck Club / Jing Yin 123

10 The Four Seasons of Ethnography: A Creation-Centered Ontology for Ethnography / Sarah Amira De La Garza 143

Part IV Impact of Globalization on Intercultural Communication 165

11 The Hegemony of English and Strategies for Linguistic Pluralism: Proposing the Ecology of Language Paradigm / Yukio Tsuda 167

12 The Intersecting Hegemonic Discourses of an Asian Mail-Order Bride Catalog: Pilipina "Oriental Butterfly" Dolls for Sale / Rona Tamiko Halualani 179

13 Currents in History, Cultural Domination, and Mass Communication in the Caribbean / Humphrey A. Regis 193

Part V Identity and Intercultural Communication Competence 213

14 Intercultural Communication Competence: A Synthesis / Guo-Ming Chen, William J. Starosta 215

15 Beyond Multicultural Man: Complexities of Identity / Lise M. Sparrow 239

16 Applying a Critical Metatheoretical Approach to Intercultural Relations: The Case of U.S.-Japanese Communication / William Kelly 263

Part VI Ethical Considerations in Intercultural Communication 281

17 Theoretical Perspectives on Islam and Communication / Hamid Mowlana 283

18 Ethics and the Discourse on Ethics in Post-Colonial India / Anantha Sudhaker Babbili 297

19 Peace and the Middle East / Edward W. Said 317

20 Mutual Learning as an Agenda for Social Development / Tu Weiming 329.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780415270601

041527060X

9780415958134

041595813X

9780203934982

0203934989

OCLC:

156994399

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