Part I: The Emergence and Evolution of Intercultural Communication
by Jing Yin, Yoshitaka Miike, Molefi Kete Asante
The Global Intercultural Communication Reader, 2e, 2nd Edition
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Dedication: In Honor of Dr. Everett M. Rogers (1931–2004)
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: New Directions for Intercultural Communication Research
- Part I: The Emergence and Evolution of Intercultural Communication
- 1. Notes in the History of Intercultural Communication: The Foreign Service Institute and the Mandate for Intercultural Training
- 2. The Evolution of International Communication as a Field of Study: A Personal Reflection
- 3. The Centrality of Culture in the 20th and 21st Centuries
- 4. Theories of Culture and Communication
- 5. Mapping Cultural Communication Research: 1960s to the Present
- 6. Sojourning Through Intercultural Communication: A Retrospective
- Part II: Issues and Challenges in Cross-Cultural and Intercultural Inquiry
- 7. Afrocentricity: Toward a New Understanding of African Thought in the World
- The African Origin of Philosophy
- Earliest African Philosophers
- Characteristics of Afrocentricity
- (1). An Intense Interest in Psychological Location as Determined by Symbols, Motifs, Rituals, and Signs
- (2). A Commitment to Finding the Subject-Place of Africans in any Social, Political, Economic, or Religious Phenomenon With Implications for Questions of Sex, Gender, and Class
- (3). A Defense of African Cultural Elements as Historically Valid in the Context of Art, Music, and Literature
- (4). A Celebration of “Centeredness” and Agency and a Commitment to Lexical Refinement That Eliminates Pejoratives About Africans or Other People
- (5). A Powerful Imperative From Historical Sources to Revise the Collective Text of African People
- Racism and the Question of Race
- Author’s Note
- References
- 8. The Asiacentric Turn in Asian Communication Studies: Shifting Paradigms and Changing Perspectives
- Introduction: Afrocentricity as the Model of Asiacentricity
- Asiacentricity and the Power of Communication
- Asiacentricity and the Importance of Cultural Traditions
- Asiacentricity and the Issue of Cultural Ecology
- Asiacentricity and the Question of Criticality
- Conclusion: “Outwardly, Be Open; Inwardly, Be Deep”
- Author’s Note
- Notes
- References
- 9. Indigenous and Authentic: Hawaiian Epistemology and the Triangulation of Meaning
- Hawaiian Epistemology: The Specifics of Universality
- 1. Spirituality and Knowing: The Cultural Context of Knowledge
- 2. That Which Feeds: Physical Place and Knowing
- 3. The Cultural Nature of the Senses: Expanding Our Ideas of Empiricism
- 4. Relationship and Knowledge: Self Through Other
- 5. Utility and Knowledge: Ideas of Wealth and Usefulness
- 6. Words and Knowledge: Causality in Language
- 7. The Body/Mind Question: The Illusion of Separation
- Hawaiian Epistemology: Implications for Research
- The Triangulation of Meaning: Body, Mind and Spirit
- The Number Three
- Reaching for Wholeness
- Ha’ina mai ka puana: Thus Ends My Story
- Author’s Note
- Notes
- References
- 10. The Four Seasons of Ethnography: A Creation-Centered Ontology for Ethnography
- 11. Encounters in the Third Space: Links Between Intercultural Communication Theories and Postcolonial Approaches
- The Challenge of Intercultural Communication
- The Rise of Intercultural Communication Theories in the United States
- Silent Languages and Hidden Differences: The Approach of Edward T. Hall
- Towards a Critique of Intercultural Communication Theory
- A Plea for the Integration of Postcolonial Insights Into Intercultural Communication Theories?
- Problems With Postcolonial Theory
- The Concept of Transdifference—A Way Out of the Dilemma?
- Notes
- 12. Thinking Dialectically About Culture and Communication
- 7. Afrocentricity: Toward a New Understanding of African Thought in the World
- Part III: Cultural Wisdom and Communication Practices in Context
- 13. Nommo, Kawaida, and Communicative Practice: Bringing Good Into the World
- Scope and Framework
- Tradition and Themes
- Nommo and the Reaffirmation of the 1960s: Sociohistorical Setting
- Nommo, the Creative Word
- The Asantean Initiative
- Kawaida and the Concept of Mdw Nfr
- Excursus: Revisiting Aristotle
- Return to the Kemetic Paradigm
- Classical African Rhetoric as Communal and Ethical Practice
- References
- 14. Ubuntu in South Africa: A Sociolinguistic Perspective to a Pan-African Concept
- 15. Communication and Cultural Settings: An Islamic Perspective
- Introduction
- The Islamic World
- Definition of Terms
- Communication and Ethics: Their Boundaries and Frontiers
- Tabligh and Ethical Thinking and Practices in Islamic Societies
- The Theory of Tawhid
- The Doctrine of Responsibility, Guidance, and Action
- Tabligh and the Concept of Community
- The Principle of Taqwa
- Conclusion
- Notes
- 16. The Functions of Silence in India: Implications for Intercultural Communication Research
- 17. Language and Words: Communication in the Analects of Confucius
- 18. The Two Faces of Chinese Communication
- 13. Nommo, Kawaida, and Communicative Practice: Bringing Good Into the World
- Part IV: Identity, Multiculturalism, and Intercultural Competence
- 19. Popular Culture and Public Imaginary: Disney vs. Chinese Stories of Mulan
- 20. The Mexican Diaspora: A Critical Examination of Signifiers
- 21. The Masculine–Feminine Construct in Cross-Cultural Research: The Emergence of a Transcendent Global Culture
- Transcending Dichotomies, Melting Divides: A Case Study as a Point of Departure
- Preview
- Mediated Communication, Gender Roles, and Sexuality
- The Masculine–Feminine Construct in Cross-Cultural Communication Research
- A Global Transformation of Gender and Sexual Roles
- Changing Conceptions of Sexuality: The Emergence of Androgyny
- Conclusion
- References
- 22. Encounters With the “Other”: Personal Notes for a Reconceptualization of Intercultural Communication Competence
- Intercultural Communication as Encounters With the “Other”
- Components of Intercultural Communication Competence
- Critical Issues for a Reconceptualization of Intercultural Communication Competence
- Moving Beyond Hegemonic Conceptions of Culture in Intercultural Communication
- Putting Power Back Into Intercultural Communication
- Reclaiming Ideology in Intercultural Communication Theory and Research
- Remembering History in Intercultural Communication
- The Centrality of Culture in Intercultural Communication Theory and Research
- “Other” Ways of Viewing Competence
- Notes
- References
- 23. Applying a Critical Metatheoretical Approach to Intercultural Relations: The Case of U.S.–Japanese Communication
- Comparing CD and Critical Approaches to Intercultural Communication
- Personal Experience as Evidence
- Taking Up the White Man’s Burden
- The Well-Worn Paths of “English Conversation”
- Role Models and Catalysts
- On Being a Racial Minority in Japan: Lessons From History
- A Power Shift in U.S.–Japanese Relations
- Conclusion: Intercultural Communication in a Postcolonial World
- References
- 24. Superheroes in Shanghai: Constructing Transnational Western Men’s Identities
- 25. Beyond Multicultural Man: Complexities of Identity
- 26. Moving the Discourse on Identities in Intercultural Communication: Structure, Culture, and Resignifications
- Part V: Globalization and Ethical Issues in Intercultural Relations
- 27. Ethnic Discourse and the New World Dysorder: A Communitarian Perspective
- 28. The Hegemony of English and Strategies for Linguistic Pluralism: Proposing the Ecology of Language Paradigm
- 29. Languages and Tribal Sovereignty: Whose Language Is It Anyway?
- 30. Development and Communication in Sri Lanka: A Buddhist Approach
- The Sri Lankan Context of Development and Communication
- The Sarvodaya Movement, Buddhist Ethics, and Development
- The Buddhist Vision of Social Order and Self-Transformation
- Self-Reliance as an Approach to Development and Communication
- A Buddhist Paradigm of Development and Communication
- Four Approaches to Development and Communication
- Conclusions
- Author’s Note
- References
- 31. Global Village vs. Gandhian Villages: A Viable Vision
- 32. The Context of Dialogue: Globalization and Diversity
- Appendix: Intercultural Communication as a Field of Study: A Selected Bibliography of Theory and Research
- Notes on Contributors
- Permissions
- Index
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