
The Cambridge Introduction to Intercultural Communication
Cambridge University Press
Published on 8. December 2022
Book
Paperback/Softback
262 pages
978-1-108-82254-1 (ISBN)
Description
Uniquely interdisciplinary and accessible, The Cambridge Introduction to Intercultural Communication is the ideal text for undergraduate introductory courses in Intercultural Communication, International Communication and Cross-cultural Communication. Suitable for students and practitioners alike, it encompasses the breadth of intercultural communication as an academic field and a day-to-day experience in work and private life, including international business, public services, schools and universities. This textbook touches on a range of themes in intercultural communication, such as evolutionary and positive psychology, key concepts from critical intercultural communication, postcolonial studies and transculturality, intercultural encounters in contemporary literature and film, and the application of contemporary intercultural communication research for the development of health services and military services. The concise, up-to-date overviews of key topics are accompanied by a wide variety of tasks and eighteen case studies for in-depth discussions, homework, and assessments.
Reviews / Votes
'... technical communicators interested in the theory of intercultural communication would find this text an invaluable addition to their collection. I learned several new facts and even a new theory that I plan to integrate into my teaching and research. The detailed reference sections alone make this book worth the purchase price for an academic researcher.' Nicole St. Germaine, Technical CommunicationMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
New edition
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
Worked examples or Exercises
Dimensions
Height: 252 mm
Width: 177 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
502 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-108-82254-1 (9781108822541)
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Persons
Guido Rings is Emeritus Professor of Postcolonial Studies, co-director of the Anglia Ruskin Research Centre for Intercultural and Multilingual Studies (ARRCIMS), and co-founder of iMex and German as a Foreign Language, the first internet journals in Europe for their respective fields. Professor Rings has widely published within different areas of critical intercultural and postcolonial studies. This includes, as editor, the acclaimed Cambridge Handbook of Intercultural Communication (with S. M. Rasinger, Cambridge University Press, 2020) and, as author, the world-leading scoring The Other in Contemporary Migrant Cinema (Routledge, 2016) and the celebrated La Conquista desbaratada (The Conquest upside down, Iberoamericana, 2010), next to more than fifty distinguished refereed articles.
Author
Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge
Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge
Content
Preface; Part I. Introducing Intercultural Communication: 1. From culture to cultural identity concepts; 2. What is intercultural communication?; 3. Rethinking intercultural competence; Part II. Theories, Key Concepts and Approaches: 4. Critical intercultural communication and postcolonial studies; 5. Contrastive theories; 6. Imagological perspectives in literature and cinema; 7. Linguistic approaches to intercultural communication; 8. Anthropological perspectives; 9. Sociological approaches; 10. Psychological perspectives; 11. Raising intercultural awareness through storytelling; Part III. Application: 12. Communicating in the digital sphere; 13. Migration and intercultural communication; 14. Intercultural business communication; 15. Intercultural communication in health services; 16. Enhancing intercultural competence in military services; 17. Intercultural competence revisited: development and assessment; 18. Reflections on the future of intercultural communication; Glossary.