
Intercultural Communication
A Critical Perspective
Rona Tamiko Halualani(Author)
Cognella, Inc (Publisher)
Published on 5. October 2018
Book
Paperback/Softback
298 pages
978-1-5165-2052-7 (ISBN)
Description
Written to encourage deeper understanding of and an active role in intercultural justice, Intercultural Communication: A Critical Perspective provides students with an in-depth examination of contemporary intercultural communication through the lens of power. Through this unique perspective, the book demonstrates how micro communication acts, encounters, and relationships between and within cultural groups can influence and be influenced by macro structures, organizations, and forces - and vice versa.
The book begins by introducing the concept of intercultural communication and demonstrating how ubiquitous it is in our everyday lives. Subsequent chapters address the ties between culture, power, and intercultural communication; how powerful ideologies develop from cultural views and ways of life; and the interplay of cultural representation and speaking for or about a cultural group. Readers learn the ways in which individuals and structures of power shape identity, how different structures and groups remember and forget the past, and how racialization relates to intercultural communication. The final chapters explore power dynamics with regard to globalization, intercultural relationships and desire, and our roles in intercultural communication.
The book begins by introducing the concept of intercultural communication and demonstrating how ubiquitous it is in our everyday lives. Subsequent chapters address the ties between culture, power, and intercultural communication; how powerful ideologies develop from cultural views and ways of life; and the interplay of cultural representation and speaking for or about a cultural group. Readers learn the ways in which individuals and structures of power shape identity, how different structures and groups remember and forget the past, and how racialization relates to intercultural communication. The final chapters explore power dynamics with regard to globalization, intercultural relationships and desire, and our roles in intercultural communication.
Reviews / Votes
Intercultural Communication: A Critical Perspective takes a nontraditional approach to understanding intercultural communication by going beyond the mere presentation of intercultural concepts, to offering a multifaceted critical approach to our understanding of intercultural dynamics and communication. Presentation of content in this text also serves as a framework for research initiatives while also helping students to understand the many challenges and complexities that intercultural communication contexts and interactions invites and ways to successfully negotiate them." -Judging panel for the 2021 Textbook and Academic Authors Association (TAA) Textbook Awards"This is a bold, fresh approach with lots of wonderful examples that address students at their level and simultaneously offers a wholly revised position/approach for the field. ... It offers a way to do this kind of scholarship that is engaging and interesting and may bring students in who might not have seen the relevance of such scholarship heretofore. ... It is so refreshing to have this book. It will make my work as a teacher SO much easier." -Kent Ono, President-Elect of the National Communication Association and Professor of Communication, University of Utah
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
San Diego
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
633 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5165-2052-7 (9781516520527)
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Person
Rona Tamiko Halualani is a professor of intercultural communication at San Jose State University. Dr. Halualani is the author of In the Name of Hawaiians: Native Identities and Cultural Politics, the co-editor (with Dr. Thomas K. Nakayama) of the Handbook of Critical Intercultural Communication, and the former editor-in-chief of the Journal of International and Intercultural Communication. She teaches courses on intercultural communication, critical intercultural communication, globalized intercultural communication, and culture and gender identity.