Intercultural Communication: A Reader Book

	Preface	v
1	Approaches to Intercultural Communication	1
	Understanding Intercultural Communication: An Overview	6
	Imaging Culture with a Little Help from the Pushmi-Pullyu	16
	Culture and Conflict	22
	Our Locus in the Universe: Worldview and Intercultural Communication	32
	The Practice of Intercultural Communication: Reflections for Professionals in Cultural Meetings	39
2	Cultural Identity: Issues of Belonging	49
	Cultural Identity and Intercultural Communication	53
	Finding My Whiteness: A Narrative of Cultural Identification	61
	A Polish Jewish American Story: Collective Memories and Intergroup Relations	71
	The Hybrid Identities of Gender Queer: Claiming Neither/Nor, Both/And	76
	Ambiguous Insiders: An Investigation of Arab American Invisibility	82
3	International Cultures: Understanding Diversity	98
	Living Together vs. Going It Alone	103
	The Wei (Positioning)-Ming (Naming)-Lianmian (Face) Continuum in Contemporary Chinese Culture	114
	India: The Dance of Shiva	122
	Personality and Person Perception in AFrica	135
	Communication with Egyptians	142
4	Co-Cultures: Living in Two Cultures	149
	Unum and Pluribus: Ideological Underpinnings of Interethnic Communication in the United States	153
	Does the Worm Live in the Ground? Reflections on Native American Spirituality	164
	Let Me Count the Ways: African-American/European-American Marriages	170
	Gendered Communication Styles	177
	"Which Is My Good Leg?": Cultural Communication of Persons with Disabilities	187
	In Plain Sight: Gay and Lesbian Communication and Culture	198
5	Intercultural Messages: Verbal and Nonverbal Communication	209
	The Nexus of Language, Communication, and Culture	214
	German Language: Whose Language, Whose Culture?	222
	Dialogue and Cultural Communication Codes Between Israeli Jews and Palestinians	231
	Public Speaking Patterns in Kenya	238
	Mexican Dichos: Lessons Through Language	246
	Unraveling Cultural Cues: Dimensions of Nonverbal Communication Across Cultures	250
	Japanese Nonverbal Communication: A Reflection of Cultural Themes	266
6	Cultural Contexts: The Influence of the Setting	275
	U.S. Americans and Mexicans Working Together: Five Core Concepts	280
	Application of American Management Theories and Practices to the Indian Business Environment: Understanding the Impact of National Culture	286
	Contrasts in Discussion Behaviors of German and American Managers	298
	"Half-Truths" in Argentina, Brazil, and India: An Intercultural Analysis of Physician-Patient Communication	308
	Exploring Culture in Nursing: A Theory-Driven Practice	318
	Culture and Communication in the Classroom	326
	Social Dynamics of the Multicultural Classroom	343
7	Communicating Interculturally: Becoming Competent	354
	Intercultural Awareness	357
	Managing Intercultural Conflicts Effectively	366
	The Role of Dialogue in Managing Intergroup Conflict	378
	Sojourner Adaptation	387
8	Ethical Considerations: Prospects for the Future	394
	Cultural Diversity: A World View	398
	The Limits to Cultural Diversity	405
	Intercultural Personhood: An Integration of Eastern and Western Perspectives	408
	Ethical Intercultural Technical Communication: Looking Through the Lens of Confucian Ethics	420
	Business Ethics and Intercultural Communication: Exploring the Overlap Between Two Academic Fields	430
	Index	441