| Cultural Communication and Intercultural Contact Contributor(s): Carbaugh, Donal (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0805807276 ISBN-13: 9780805807271 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $71.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 1990 Annotation: How is cultural identity accomplished interactively? What happens when different cultural identities contact one another? This book presents a series of papers, from classic essays to original expositions, which respond to these questions. The view of communication offered here -- rather than ignoring culture, or making it a variable in an equation -- is based on cultural patterns and situated communication practices, unveiling the multiplicity of factors involved in particular times and places. br br The contributors to this unusual volume represent a wide range of fields. Their equally diverse offerings will serve to clarify cultural distinctiveness in some communication phenomena, and lay groundwork for the identification of cross-cultural generalities in others. br |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Communication Studies - Social Science | Media Studies |
| Dewey: 306.44 |
| LCCN: 89029388 |
| Lexile Measure: 1430 |
| Series: Communication Textbook |
| Physical Information: 1.13" H x 6.12" W x 9.3" (1.72 lbs) 460 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: How is cultural identity accomplished interactively? What happens when different cultural identities contact one another? This book presents a series of papers, from classic essays to original expositions, which respond to these questions. The view of communication offered here -- rather than ignoring culture, or making it a variable in an equation -- is based on cultural patterns and situated communication practices, unveiling the multiplicity of factors involved in particular times and places. The contributors to this unusual volume represent a wide range of fields. Their equally diverse offerings will serve to clarify cultural distinctiveness in some communication phenomena, and lay groundwork for the identification of cross-cultural generalities in others. |