Rooster in the rice : an ecological view of life, study, and citizenship along culture's edges / George Holmes Honadle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Honadle, George Holmes.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World citizenship--Cross-cultural studies.

World citizenship.

Culture--Environmental aspects.

Culture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (235 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. ; Plymouth, England : Hamilton Books, c2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Rooster in the Rice captures the excitement of living, studying, and working abroad. Between two cultures lies a nether world of edges, where the rules of neither culture dominate. This book presents sixty incidents of cross-cultural collisions and uses an ecological perspective to understand their causes and significance.

Contents:

Contents; Prologue; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Strangers in Distant Lands; 2 Food as a Key to Culture; 3 Interpreting Behavior; 4 Behind the Image; 5 Managing Where Cultures Meet; 6 Confrontation and Comfort Zones; 7 Nature, Culture, and Language; 8 Proof and Perception; 9 Other Edges in Motion; 10 Edges in Perspective; Postscript; Appendix; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from title page (ebrary, viewed September 13, 2013).

ISBN:

0-7618-6120-3

OCLC:

857277638