From here to diversity : globalization and intercultural dialogues / edited by Clara Sarmento.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sarmento, Clara.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Communication and culture.

Globalization--Social aspects.

Globalization.

Intercultural communication.

Travel--Social aspects.

Travel.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (399 p.)

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

From Here to Diversity: Globalization and Intercultural Dialogues sees interculturalism as movement, transit, travel, the dynamics between cultures. Contemporary intercultural travel is a global journey, a circumnavigation at the speed of light that underwrites all the comings and goings, the departures and arrivals, the transmissions and receptions that are implicit in this title. Hence, From Here to Diversity examines the motivations, characteristics and implications of cultural interaction...

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; INTERCULTURAL REPRESENTATIONS; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; CULTURAL GLOBALIZATION; CHAPTER NINE; CHAPTER TEN; CHAPTER ELEVEN; CHAPTER TWELVE; CHAPTER THIRTEEN; CHAPTER FOURTEEN; CHAPTER FIFTEEN; SAILING THE INTERCULTURAL; CHAPTER SIXTEEN; CHAPTER SEVENTEEN; CHAPTER EIGHTEEN; CHAPTER NINETEEN; CHAPTER TWENTY; CHAPTER TWENTY ONE; CHAPTER TWENTY TWO; BIBLIOGRAPHY; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [323]-352) and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-282-77691-6

9786612776915

1-4438-2464-X

OCLC:

823721129