Bridging cultures : intercultural mediation in literature, linguistics and the arts / Ciara Hogan, Nadine Rentel, Stephanie Schwerter (eds.).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hogan, Ciara, editor.

Rentel, Nadine, 1976- editor.

Schwerter, Stephanie, editor.

Series:

Kultur-Kommunikation-Kooperation ; Band 12.

Culture, Communication, Cooperation, 1869-5884 ; Volume 12

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Intercultural communication.

Cross-cultural studies.

Communication and culture.

Literature and society.

Arts and society.

Translating and interpreting--Social aspects.

Translating and interpreting.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (259 p.)

Place of Publication:

Stuttgart, Germany : ibidem-Verlag, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

With the rapidly developing globalization of various sectors of modern life, individuals, organizations, and nations are becoming increasingly aware of the ways in which cultural diversity may not only be a potential cause of conflict but also a source of growth, creativity, and inspiration. If, traditionally, intercultural mediation has been understood as a conflict-solving strategy or as a means to facilitate communication between individuals from different cultural backgrounds, Bridging Culture aims at providing a framework and a set of theoretical reflections towards a larger vision o

Contents:

Table of Contents; Introduction; Cultural Studies; "There is No 'Normal' Way of Doing Things ...": Interculturality and the Development of Intercultural Competence; Intercultural Communication; Intercultural Fallacies Towards a Negative Normativity for Intercultural Dialogue in Latin America; Transfers in Cultural Studies Between France and the United States of America Possibilities for Intercultural Competence; Translation Studies; Modes of Transit: Cultural Translation, Appropriation, and Intercultural Transfers; Translating Ulysses in the Era of Public Joyce: A Return to Interpretation

Intercultural Theatre: Renegotiating Time and Place in Drama TranslationLiterature; Voices from the East: Eastern European Influences on Seamus Heaney's Non-Poetic Works; Translation as Intercultural Mediation in the Work of Seamus Heaney; The Other Myself; Linguistics; Interethnic Communication and Cultural Memory in the Russian-Chinese Border Area; Interpreters and Their Role as Mediators: A Study of German-Kyrgyz Project Communication; Cultural, Compositional and Linguistic Aspects of French Hotel Websites. With an Outlook on German Websites; Contributors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9783838263526

3838263529