Intercultural communication
Subtitle: an introduction
By: Fred E. Jandt.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Sage Publications
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Thousand Oaks, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 489
Subjects: Intercultural communication.; Intercultural communication -- United States.; Communication, International.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 465-477) and index.
Table of contents: title: The dispute over defining culture; title: Defining communication as an element of culture; title: Barriers to intercultural communication; title: Stereotypes and prejudice as barriers; title: Nonverbal communication; title: Knowing culture through language; title: Language as a barrier; title: Culture's influence on perception; title: Children, women, and families; title: Dimensions of culture; title: Dominant United States cultural patterns : using value orientation theory; title: Comparative cultural patterns : Russian and Arabian cultures; title: Contact between cultures; title: Immigration and acculturation; title: Forces against assimilation; title: Forces to conform to one cultural identity; title: Establishing a culture; title: Identity and subgroups; title: Multiculturalism; title: Improving intercultural communication.