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Jandt, Fred Edmund.

Intercultural communication : an introduction / Fred E. Jandt. - 3rd ed. - Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, c2001. - xi, 532 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 508-521) and index.

PART ONE: CULTURE AS CONTEXT FOR COMMUNICATION
The Dispute Over Defining Culture
Defining Communication as an Element of Culture
Barriers to Intercultural Communication
Stereotypes and Prejudice as Barriers
PART TWO: COMMUNICATION VARIABLES
Nonverbal Communication
Knowing Culture through Language
Language as a Barrier
Culture's Influence on Perception
PART THREE: CULTURAL VALUES
Dimensions of Culture
Dominant United States Cultural Patterns
Using Value Orientation Theory
Comparative Cultural Patterns
Arabian Culture
Women, Families and Children
Contact between Cultures
PART FOUR: CULTURES WITHIN CULTURES
Immigration and Acculturation
Forces against Assimilation
Forces to Conform to One Cultural Identity
Reclaiming a Culture
Identity and Subgroups
PART FIVE: THE FUTURE
Multiculturalism
Challenges Facing Intercultural Communication

ISBN: 0761922024 (pbk. : acidfree paper) 0761922016 (cloth : acidfree paper)

LCCN: 00010919

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Intercultural communication.
Intercultural communication--United States.
Communication, International.

LC Class. No.: GN345 / .J43 2001

Dewey Class. No.: 303.482 JAN