How is cultural identity accomplished interactively? What happens when different cultural identities contact one another? This book presents a series of papers, from classic essays to original expositions, which respond to these questions. The view of communication offered here -- rather than ignoring culture, or making it a variable in an equation -- is based on cultural patterns and situated communication practices, unveiling the multiplicity of factors involved in particular times and places.

The contributors to this unusual volume represent a wide range of fields. Their equally diverse offerings will serve to clarify cultural distinctiveness in some communication phenomena, and lay groundwork for the identification of cross-cultural generalities in others.

Reviews

"Students of communication from many disciplinary angles will find the book a readily available resource base....the volume is highly recommended for its comprehensive coverage."
-Journal of Pragmatics

"...an excellent anthology of contributions from the ethnography of communication to the field of intercultural communication."
-Language in Society

"The anthology must be one of the best in the field."
-Studies in Second Language Acquisition

"...far more than the simple collection of readings it appears to be at first glance, and that is an achievement....It is unlike anything else available currently, and as such, should successfully fill a unique niche in the intercultural literature."
-Wendy Leeds-Hurwitz
University of Wisconsin--Parkside

Book Information
ISBN 9780805807271
Author Donal Carbaugh
Format Paperback
Page Count 460
Imprint Routledge
Publisher Taylor & Francis Inc
Weight(grams) 657g