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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
THE GLOBAL INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION READER
SECOND EDITION
The Global Intercultural Communication Reader is the first anthology to take a distinctly non-Eurocentric approach to the study of culture and communication. In this expanded second edition, editors Molefi Kete Asante, Yoshitaka Miike, and Jing Yin bring together thirty-two essential readings for students of cross-cultural, intercultural, and international communication. This stand-out collection aims to broaden and deepen the scope of the field by placing an emphasis on diversity, including work from authors across the globe examining the processes and politics of intercultural communication from critical, historical, and indigenous perspectives.
The collection covers a wide range of topics: the emergence and evolution of the field; issues and challenges in cross-cultural and intercultural inquiry; cultural wisdom and communication practices in context; identity and intercultural competence in a multicultural society; the effects of globalization; and ethical considerations. Many readings first appeared outside the mainstream Western academy, and offer diverse theoretical lenses on culture and communication practices in the world community. Organized into five themed sections for easy classroom use, The Global Intercultural Communication Reader includes a detailed bibliography that will be a crucial resource for today’s students of intercultural communication.
Molefi Kete Asante is Professor of African American Studies at Temple University. He is the author of over 75 books, including The History of Africa: The Quest for Eternal Harmony and The African American People: A Global History.
Yoshitaka Miike is Associate Professor of Intercultural Communication at the University of Hawai‘i, Hilo. He is Vice-Chair (2012–2013) and Chair (2013–2014) of the National Communication Association’s International and Intercultural Communication Division.
Jing Yin is Associate Professor of International Communication at the University of Hawai‘i, Hilo, and a Fellow at the Molefi Kete Asante Institute for Afrocentric Studies.
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