Table Of Content

Contents Page: 5 Preface Page: 13 Chapter 1: Communication and Culture: The Challenge of the Future Page: 19 INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION PRESENT AND FUTURE Page: 20 DEFINING OUR TERMS Page: 30 COMMUNICATION Page: 32 CULTURE Page: 40 STUDYING INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION Page: 58 PREVIEW OF THE BOOK Page: 63 SUMMARY Page: 64 ACTIVITIES Page: 65 DISCUSSION IDEAS Page: 65 Chapter 2: The Deep Structure of Culture: Roots of Reality Page: 66 THE DEEP STRUCTURE OF CULTURE Page: 67 FAMILY Page: 71 HISTORY Page: 93 SUMMARY Page: 113 ACTIVITIES Page: 114 DISCUSSION IDEAS Page: 114 Chapter 3: Worldview: Cultural Explanations of Life and Death Page: 115 WORLDVIEW Page: 115 RELIGION Page: 121 RELIGION AND WORLDVIEW: A FINAL THOUGHT Page: 168 SUMMARY Page: 168 ACTIVITIES Page: 169 DISCUSSION IDEAS Page: 169 Chapter 4: Culture and the Individual: Cultural Identity Page: 170 THE IMPORTANCE OF IDENTITY Page: 171 EXPLAINING IDENTITY Page: 172 SELECTED SOCIAL IDENTITIES Page: 174 ACQUIRING AND DEVELOPING IDENTITIES Page: 181 ESTABLISHING AND ENACTING CULTURAL IDENTITY Page: 182 IDENTITY IN INTERCULTURAL INTERACTIONS Page: 185 IDENTITY IN A MULTICULTURAL SOCIETY Page: 186 THE DARK SIDE OF IDENTITY Page: 187 STEREOTYPING Page: 188 PREJUDICE Page: 191 RACISM Page: 195 ETHNOCENTRISM Page: 197 SUMMARY Page: 200 ACTIVITIES Page: 201 DISCUSSION IDEAS Page: 201 Chapter 5: Shaping Interpretations of Reality: Cultural Values Page: 202 PERCEPTION Page: 202 BELIEFS Page: 205 EXPLORING VALUES Page: 206 USING CULTURAL PATTERNS Page: 208 DOMINANT UNITED STATES CULTURAL PATTERNS Page: 210 DIFFERING CULTURAL PATTERNS Page: 215 HOFSTEDE’S VALUE DIMENSIONS Page: 216 THE KLUCKHOHNS AND STRODTBECK’S VALUE ORIENTATIONS Page: 225 HALL’S HIGH-CONTEXT AND LOW-CONTEXT ORIENTATIONS Page: 233 FACE AND FACEWORK Page: 235 SUMMARY Page: 237 ACTIVITIES Page: 238 DISCUSSION IDEAS Page: 238 Chapter 6: Language and Culture: The Essential Partnership Page: 239 SOCIAL AND CULTURAL FUNCTIONS OF LANGUAGE Page: 241 LANGUAGE AND CULTURE Page: 243 LANGUAGE AS A REFLECTION OF CULTURAL VALUES Page: 248 LANGUAGE IN INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION INTERACTIONS Page: 251 COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY AND LANGUAGE Page: 256 SUMMARY Page: 258 ACTIVITIES Page: 260 DISCUSSION IDEAS Page: 260 Chapter 7: Nonverbal Communication: The Messages of Action, Space, Time, and Silence Page: 261 THE IMPORTANCE OF NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION Page: 262 DEFINING NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION Page: 263 STUDYING NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION Page: 265 NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE Page: 266 CLASSIFICATIONS OF NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION Page: 268 SUMMARY Page: 301 ACTIVITIES Page: 302 DISCUSSION IDEAS Page: 302 Chapter 8: Cultural Influences on Context: The Business Setting Page: 303 CULTURE AND CONTEXT Page: 303 ASSESSING THE CONTEXT Page: 306 INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION IN THE BUSINESS CONTEXT Page: 312 COMMUNICATION IN THE MULTICULTURAL BUSINESS CONTEXT Page: 317 INTERCULTURAL MANAGEMENT Page: 325 INTERCULTURAL BUSINESS NEGOTIATIONS Page: 329 DIFFERING PERCEPTIONS OF NEGOTIATIONS Page: 329 INTERCULTURAL CONFLICT MANAGEMENT Page: 336 SUMMARY Page: 342 ACTIVITIES Page: 342 DISCUSSION IDEAS Page: 343 Chapter 9: Cultural Influences on Context: The Educational Setting Page: 344 CHANGING EDUCATIONAL DYNAMICS Page: 346 CULTURALLY DIVERSE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS Page: 346 MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION Page: 354 LANGUAGE DIVERSITY IN MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION Page: 363 TEACHER MULTICULTURAL COMPETENCE Page: 365 SUMMARY Page: 373 ACTIVITIES Page: 374 DISCUSSION IDEAS Page: 374 Chapter 10: Cultural Influences on Context: The Health Care Setting Page: 375 HEALTH CARE COMMUNICATION IN A CULTURALLY DIVERSE SOCIETY Page: 375 DIVERSE HEALTH CARE BELIEF SYSTEMS Page: 377 INTERCULTURAL HEALTH CARE COMPETENCE Page: 389 LANGUAGE AND HEALTH CARE Page: 396 DEATH AND DYING Page: 398 SUMMARY Page: 399 ACTIVITIES Page: 400 DISCUSSION IDEAS Page: 400 Chapter 11: Venturing into a New Culture: Becoming Competent Page: 401 BECOMING A COMPETENT INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATOR Page: 402 VENTURING INTO A NEW CULTURE Page: 413 INTERCULTURAL ETHICS Page: 422 THE PRACTICE OF ETHICAL INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION Page: 424 SUMMARY Page: 428 ACTIVITIES Page: 429 DISCUSSION IDEAS Page: 429 Notes Page: 430 Index Page: 470

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This bestselling intercultural communication text gives students an understanding and appreciation of different cultures and helps them develop practical skills for improving their communication with people from other cultures. COMMUNICATION BETWEEN CULTURES is renowned for being the only text on the market to consistently emphasize religion and history as key variables in intercultural communication. Packed with the latest research and filled with numerous, compelling examples that force students to examine their own assumptions and cultural biases, this book helps students understand the subtle and profound ways culture affects communication. The book is divided into four interrelated parts: Part I introduces the study of communication and culture; Part II focuses on the ability of culture to shape and modify our view of reality; Part III puts the theory of intercultural communication into practice; and Part IV converts knowledge into action.
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