Intercultural communication : a reader / [edited by] Larry A. Samovar, Richard E. Porter.

Contributor(s): Samovar, Larry A [editor] | Porter, Richard E [editor]
Publisher: Belmont, California : Wadsworth, [1991]Copyright date: c1991Edition: Sixth editionDescription: ix, 437 pages ; illustration ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0534147720Subject(s): Intercultural communicationDDC classification: 303.482 LOC classification: HM258 | .I52 1991
Contents:
Basic principles of intercultural communication / Richard E. Porter, Larry A. Samovar -- Communication in a global village / Dean C. Barnlund -- Intercultural communication / Michael Argyle -- Context and meaning / Edward T. Hall -- Relevance and application of intercultural communication theory and research / Felipe Korzenny -- The impact of Confucianism on interpersonal relationships and communication patterns in East Asia / June Ock Yum -- World view and cultural patterns of India / Nemi C. Jain -- Cultural patterns of the Maasai / Lisa Skow, Larry A. Samovar -- A comparison of Arab and American conceptions of "effective" persuasion / Janice Walker Anderson -- " ... so near the United States" : notes on communication between Mexicans and North Americans / John Condon. (cont.) Diversity and its discontents / Arturo Madrid -- Who's got the room at the top? Issues of dominance and nondominance in intracultural communication / Edith A. Folb -- Intercultural perspectives of aging / Carl W. Carmichael -- Viewing persons with disabilities as a culture / Dawn O. Braithwaite -- On communicating with deaf people / Kathy Jankowski -- Gender and communication : an intimate relationship / Judy C. Pearson -- America's emerging gay culture / Randall E. Majors -- Japanese and American management : participative decision making / Lea P. Stewart -- Contrasts in discussion behaviors of German and American managers / Robert A. Friday -- Cultural variations in negotiation styles / Susan A. Hellweg, Larry A. Samovar, Lisa Skow -- The cultural grid : a framework for multicultural counseling / Anne Pedersen, Paul Pedersen -- The role of culture in health and disease / Kim Witte. (cont.) Intercultural communication and the classroom / Janis E. Andersen, Robert Powell -- Intercultural problems in courtroom interaction / Wayne A. Beach -- Ethnocognitivism and problem-solving / Devorah A. Lieberman -- Reasons for the lack of argumentation and debate in the Far East / Carl B. Becker -- The Sapir-Whorf hypothesis / Harry Hoijer -- Translation studies / Susan Bassnett-McGuire -- The art of interpreting / Jan Carol Berris -- The Hmong of Laos : orality, communication, and acculturation / Robert Shuter -- The need to be : the socio-cultural significance of black language / Shirley N. Weber -- Nonverbal interaction : action, sound, and silence. Explaining intercultural differences in nonverbal communication / Peter Andersen -- Sex differences in nonverbal communication / Barbara Westbrook Eakins, R. Gene Eakins. (cont.) Silence and silences in cross-cultural perspective : Japan and the United States / Satoshi Ishii, Tom Bruneau -- Variables in the use of personal space in intercultural transactions / Carol Zinner Dolphin -- Monochronic and polychronic time / Edward T. Hall -- Stumbling blocks in intercultural communication / LaRay M. Barna -- Intercultural communication competence / Brian H. Spitzberg -- Prejudice in intercultural communication / Richard W. Brislin -- Cross-cultural training across the individualism-collectivism divide / Harry C. Triandis, Richard Brislin, C. Harry Hui -- Communication and cross-cultural adaptation / Young Yun Kim -- The evaluation of culture / Elvin Hatch -- Intercultural personhood : an integration of eastern and western perspectives / Young Yun Kim -- Intercultural education for multicultural societies : critical issues / Rosita D. Albert, Harry C. Triandis -- Ethics in intercultural communication / David W. Kale.
Summary: This sixth edition contains nineteen new essays, eleven of which were prepared especially for this book, as well as expanded topical coverage including new emphasis on co-cultures and contexts such as health care, education and business.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Basic principles of intercultural communication / Richard E. Porter, Larry A. Samovar --
Communication in a global village / Dean C. Barnlund --
Intercultural communication / Michael Argyle --
Context and meaning / Edward T. Hall --
Relevance and application of intercultural communication theory and research / Felipe Korzenny --
The impact of Confucianism on interpersonal relationships and communication patterns in East Asia / June Ock Yum --
World view and cultural patterns of India / Nemi C. Jain --
Cultural patterns of the Maasai / Lisa Skow, Larry A. Samovar --
A comparison of Arab and American conceptions of "effective" persuasion / Janice Walker Anderson --
" ... so near the United States" : notes on communication between Mexicans and North Americans / John Condon. (cont.) Diversity and its discontents / Arturo Madrid --
Who's got the room at the top? Issues of dominance and nondominance in intracultural communication / Edith A. Folb --
Intercultural perspectives of aging / Carl W. Carmichael --
Viewing persons with disabilities as a culture / Dawn O. Braithwaite --
On communicating with deaf people / Kathy Jankowski --
Gender and communication : an intimate relationship / Judy C. Pearson --
America's emerging gay culture / Randall E. Majors --
Japanese and American management : participative decision making / Lea P. Stewart --
Contrasts in discussion behaviors of German and American managers / Robert A. Friday --
Cultural variations in negotiation styles / Susan A. Hellweg, Larry A. Samovar, Lisa Skow --
The cultural grid : a framework for multicultural counseling / Anne Pedersen, Paul Pedersen --
The role of culture in health and disease / Kim Witte. (cont.) Intercultural communication and the classroom / Janis E. Andersen, Robert Powell --
Intercultural problems in courtroom interaction / Wayne A. Beach --
Ethnocognitivism and problem-solving / Devorah A. Lieberman --
Reasons for the lack of argumentation and debate in the Far East / Carl B. Becker --
The Sapir-Whorf hypothesis / Harry Hoijer --
Translation studies / Susan Bassnett-McGuire --
The art of interpreting / Jan Carol Berris --
The Hmong of Laos : orality, communication, and acculturation / Robert Shuter --
The need to be : the socio-cultural significance of black language / Shirley N. Weber --
Nonverbal interaction : action, sound, and silence. Explaining intercultural differences in nonverbal communication / Peter Andersen --
Sex differences in nonverbal communication / Barbara Westbrook Eakins, R. Gene Eakins. (cont.) Silence and silences in cross-cultural perspective : Japan and the United States / Satoshi Ishii, Tom Bruneau --
Variables in the use of personal space in intercultural transactions / Carol Zinner Dolphin --
Monochronic and polychronic time / Edward T. Hall --
Stumbling blocks in intercultural communication / LaRay M. Barna --
Intercultural communication competence / Brian H. Spitzberg --
Prejudice in intercultural communication / Richard W. Brislin --
Cross-cultural training across the individualism-collectivism divide / Harry C. Triandis, Richard Brislin, C. Harry Hui --
Communication and cross-cultural adaptation / Young Yun Kim --
The evaluation of culture / Elvin Hatch --
Intercultural personhood : an integration of eastern and western perspectives / Young Yun Kim --
Intercultural education for multicultural societies : critical issues / Rosita D. Albert, Harry C. Triandis --
Ethics in intercultural communication / David W. Kale.

This sixth edition contains nineteen new essays, eleven of which were prepared especially for this book, as well as expanded topical coverage including new emphasis on co-cultures and contexts such as health care, education and business.

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