Jandt, Fred Edmund.

An introduction to intercultural communication : identities in a global community / Fred E. Jandt. - 5th ed. - Thousand Oaks : SAGE, c2007. - xx, 444 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.

Previous ed.: 2004.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 404-423) and index.

Part 1: Culture as context for communication - Chapter 1. The dispute over defining culture - Chapter 2. Defining communication as an element of culture - Chapter 3. Culture's influence on perception - Part 2: Communication variables - Chapter 4. Barriers to intercultural communication - Chapter 5. Nonverbal communication - Chapter 6. Language as a barrier - Part III. Cultural values - Chapter 7. Dimensions of culture - Chapter 8. Dominant U.S. cultural patterns using value orientation theory - Chapter 9. Comparative cultural patterns Arab culture - Chapter 10. Women, families and children - Chapter 11. Contact between cultures - Part IV: Cultures within cultures - Chapter 12. Immigration and acculturation - Chapter 13. Cultures in marginalization and separation and segregation - Chapter 14. Assimilation and intergration - Chapter 15. Identity and subgroups - Index.

9781412914420 (pbk.)


Intercultural communication--United States.
Communication, International.
Intercultural communication

303.482 / JAN