An introduction to intercultural communication : identities in a global community / 6
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Fred E. Jandt.
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- xx, 444 p. : ill., map 24 cm.
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Previous ed.: 2004.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 404-423) and index.
The dispute over defining culture -- Defining communication as an element of culture -- Culture's influence on perception -- Barriers to intercultural communication -- Nonverbal communication -- Language as a barrier -- Dimensions of culture -- Dominant U.S. cultural patterns : using value orientation theory -- Comparative cultural patterns : Arab culture -- Women, families, and children -- Contact between cultures -- Immigration and acculturation -- Cultures in marginalization and separation and segregation -- Assimilation and integration -- Identity and subgroups.