Deep culture : the hidden challenges of global living / Joseph Shaules.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shaules, Joseph.

Series:

Languages for intercultural communication and education ; 16.

Languages for intercultural communication and education ; 16

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Intercultural communication.

Multicultural education.

Language and languages--Study and teaching.

Language and languages.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (274 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Clevedon ; Buffalo : Multilingual matters, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A straightforward guide to understanding the hidden cultural challenges of adapting to life abroad. Combining intercultural theory and the voices of sojourners who talk about their experiences, it maps out the process of resisting, accepting and adapting to cultural difference. We see that all sojourners, from tourists, to expatriates to immigrants, go through a similar learning dynamic. We learn that intercultural experiences can be deep or shallow, and that hidden cultural difference can increase sojourner prejudice. The book examines intercultural sensitivity while avoiding “feel good” idealizations about cross-cultural contact. It brings clarity to debates regarding the importance of cultural difference and the effects of globalization. An essential resource for sojourners, language teachers and intercultural educators.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Foreword

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1. Intercultural Contact in the Global Village

2. Objections to Culture

3. Understanding the Deep Structure of Culture

4. Deep Cultural Difference and Increased Prejudice

5. What is Successful Cultural Learning?

6. The Process of Intercultural Learning

7. The Deep Culture Model

8. Resistance to Change

9. Acceptance of Difference

10. Adaptation and Cultural Identity

11. Resistance and Rapport – Why Not Everyone Reacts the Same

12. Beyond Adaptation

13. Implications for the ‘Global Village’

A Glossary of the Intercultural Experience

Background of the Sojourners

References

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-262).

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 07. Jul 2020)

ISBN:

9786611204785

9781847698582

1847698581

9781281204783

1281204781

9781847690180

1847690181

OCLC:

476124891