The Cambridge handbook of intercultural communication This volume seeks to provide a comprehensive interdisciplinary and state of the art exploration of intercultural communication. To this aim across it five parts it offers (I) a thorough discussion of key concepts (II) an in depth exploration of selected theoretical approaches (III) a survey of particularly helpful methods and methodologies (IV) a multi disciplinary overview of current research in various domains of application and (V) a presentation of key issues pertaining to the assessment of intercultural communication and competence. In particular the volume addresses the relationship between intercultural communication and power and provides a contextual exploration of contrastive interactional imagological and ethical aspects