Perspectives on interculturality : the construction of meaning in relationships of difference / edited by Michal Jan Rozbicki.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rozbicki, Michał.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cultural relations.

Cultural pluralism.

Group identity.

Intercultural communication.

Physical Description:

vi, 268 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.

Summary:

"The intercultural occurs in the space between two or more distinct cultures that encounter each other, an area where meaning is translated and difference is negotiated. A better, more systemic understanding of these processes is a major challenge of our time. Intercultural themes have thus far been mostly pursued within bounded academic disciplines, but the fact that people often have multiple, overlapping cultural affinities, and that cultures are inherently dynamic because they are man-made, not fixed and ahistorical systems, begs for interdisciplinary approaches. However, scholars are rarely trained to do so. They are routinely constrained by conventionalized conceptual languages of their disciplines, by their own apperceptions and assumptions, and by the incommensurability of frameworks of knowledge in an increasingly interconnected world. Intercultural studies are due for reflection and refinement. This volume brings together international scholars from diverse disciplines to reflect on the phenomenon of interculturality, and to share the theoretical and methodological frameworks of interpreting it. "-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note:

Introduction

Intercultural Studies: The Methodological Contours of an Emerging Discipline

Michal Jan Rozbicki

I. Conceptualizing Interculturality

1. Apperception, the Influence of Culture, and Interracial Humor

Michael D. Barber

2. Toward Foundations for Intercultural Studies: Considering Mobility Studies and the Study of Religion

Paul Kollman

3. Toward the Materiality of Intercultural Dialogue, Still a "Miracle Begging for Analysis"

Teruyuki Tsuji

II. Interculturality and Social Identity

4. Group Identity and Attitudes in Guatemala: The Role of Ethnic Interculturality

Judith L. Gibbons, Brien K. Ashdown, Yetilú de Baessa

5. Fear of the Knotted Cord: Pueblo-Spanish Relations after the 1680 Revolt

Tracy Brown

6. Bienvenido, Mr. Inquisitor: On the Sociocultural Dynamics of Inquisitorial Visits

William Childers

III. A Global Stage for Interculturality

7. Interculturality, Cosmopolitanism, and the Role of the Imagination: A Perspective for Communicating as Global Citizens

Nilanjana Bardhan, Miriam Sobre;-Denton

8. Towards a Cosmopolitan Sociology: Understanding Cosmopolitanism in Korea

Mun-Cho Kim

9. A Netnographic Case Study of Western Expatriates' Attitudes towards the Chinese in Shanghai.

Henrik Gert Larsen, Leslie Wolowitz

IV. The Practice of Interculturality

10. Theorizing Interculturality in Indigenous Healthcare: A Case from a Rural Intercultural Hospital in Mexico

Jennifer Hale-Gallardo

11. Tourist Destination Marketing and Interculturality: The Polish City of Krakow in the British Press

Irmina Wawrzyczek

12. Do the Folk Believe that They Can Speak their Way into Interculturality?

Kara McBride, Jingyun Gu.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781137489135

1137489138

OCLC:

894935445