Cultures in contact
Subtitle: studies in cross-cultural interaction
By: edited by Stephen Bochner.
Contributors: Bochner, Stephen.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: International series in experimental social psychology ;; v. 1
Publisher: Pergamon Press
Published: 1982
Place of publication: Oxford [Oxfordshire]; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 232
Subjects: Intercultural communication.; Ethnic relations.
Description: What transpires when people with different cultural backgrounds come into contact with each other? This book brings together in one volume the main concepts, theories, empirical findings and some of the practical applications of cross-cultural interaction. Each chapter is an original contribution by an acknowledged authority in the field and the book is divided into three main sections: theoretical and historical perspectives; processes, including chapters on social interaction between culturally disparate individuals, the function of gestures in cross-cultural communication, and linguistic bridges between different cultural groups; and outcomes, including chapters on sojourners learning the cultural skills of their second culture and the effects of tourism on tourists and their hosts.--Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographies and indexes.
Table of contents: title: The social psychology of cross-cultural relations / Stephen Bochner; title: Contact between ethnic groups / Otto Klineberg; title: Inter-cultural communication / Michael Argyle; title: Meetings and misunderstandings / Peter Collett; title: Language as the bridge / Verner C. Bickley; title: Cross-cultural interaction, social attribution, and inter-group relations / Jos Jaspars and Miles Hewstone; title: Social difficulty in a foreign culture / Adrian Furnham and Stephen Bochner; title: Tourists and their hosts / Philip L. Pearce.