Preface
Part 1 Intercultural Interaction:An Introduction
1 Approaches to Understanding Intercultural Communication
Understanding Intercultural Communication:An Introduction and Overview
Culture and Conflict
Our Locus in the Universe:Worldview and Intercultural Communication
Five Paradigms of Ethnic Relations
Part 2 Sociocultural Backgrounds:What We Bring to Intercultural Communication
2 International Cultures:Understanding Diversity
The Chinese Conceptualizations of Face:Emotions,Communication,and Personhood
Communication in Korea:Playing Things by Eye
India:The Dance of Shiva
Africa:Communication and Cultural Patterns
Contrasts in Discussion Behaviors of German and American Managers
3 Co-Cultures:Living in Two Cultures
Unum and Pluribus:Ideological Underpinnings of Interethnic Communication in the United States
Defining Black Masculinity as Cultural Property:Toward an Identity Negotiation Paradigm
Does the Worm Live in the Ground?Reflections on Native American Spirituality
Gay Culture
Gendered Speech Communities
Communication Dynamics of the Elderly
“Which is My Good Leg?”:Cultural Communication of Persons with Disabilities
Part 3 Intercultural Interaction:Taking Part in Intercultural Communication
4 Verbal Processes:Speaking Across Cultures
5 Nonverbal Interaction:Action,Sound,and Silence
6 Cultural Contexts:The Influence of the Setting
Part 4 Intercultural Communication:Seeking Improvement
7 Communicating Interculturally:Becoming Competent
8 Ethical Considerations:Prospects for the Future
Index
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