| Description |
xiii,489 pages : illustrations, facsimiles,map ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
The dispute over defining culture -- Defining communication as an element of culture -- Barriers to intercultural communication -- Stereotypes and prejudice as barriers -- Nonverbal communication -- Knowing culture through language -- Language as a barrier -- Culture's influence on perception -- Children, women, and families -- Dimensions of culture -- Dominant United States cultural patterns : using value orientation theory -- Comparative cultural patterns : Russian and Arabian cultures -- Contact between cultures -- Immigration and acculturation -- Forces against assimilation -- Forces to conform to one cultural identity -- Establishing a culture -- Identity and subgroups -- Multiculturalism -- Improving intercultural communication |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Communication, International.
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Intercultural communication -- United States.
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Intercultural communication.
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| LC no. |
97045472 |
| ISBN |
0761914315 (cased) |
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0761914323 (paperback) |
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