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• Preface(p. vii)
• Part 1 Intercultural Interaction: An Introduction(p. 1)
• 1 Approaches to Understanding Intercultural Communication(p. 3)
• Understanding Intercultural Communication: An Introduction and Overview(p. 5)
• Understanding Cultural Identities in Intercultural Communication: A Ten-Step Inventory(p. 16)
• Context and Meaning(p. 34)
• Understanding Whiteness in the United States(p. 43)
• Five Paradigms of Ethnic Relations(p. 52)
• Part 2 Sociocultural Backgrounds: What We Bring to Intercultural Communication(p. 59)
• 2 International Cultures: Understanding Diversity(p. 61)
• The Impact of Confucianism on Interpersonal Relationships and Communication Patterns in East Asia(p. 63)
• Communication in Korea: Playing Things by Eye(p. 74)
• Dominant Cultural Patterns of Hindus in India(p. 81)
• Cultural Patterns of the Maasai(p. 90)
• Communication with Egyptians(p. 99)
• Palevome: Foundations of Struggle and conflict in Greek Interpersonal Communication(p. 105)
• 3 Co-Cultures: Living in Two Cultures(p. 115)
• Who's Got the Room at the Top? Issues of Dominance and Nondominance in Intracultural Communication(p. 119)
• An African American Communication Perspective(p. 128)
• Understanding Communication of Persons with Disabilities as Cultural Communication(p. 136)
• Cultural Patterns of Deaf People(p. 146)
• Communication and Identification in the Gay Subculture(p. 158)
• Gender, Communication, and Culture(p. 170)
• Understanding the Co-Culture of the Elderly(p. 180)
• Voicing Identities Somewhere in the Midst of Two Worlds(p. 189)
• Part 3 Intercultural Interaction: Taking Part in Intercultural Communication(p. 205)
• 4 Verbal Processes: Speaking Across Cultures(p. 208)
• The Crossroads of Language and Culture(p. 211)
• That's Greek to Me: Between a Rock and a Hard Place in Intercultural Encounters(p. 217)
• Language as a Mirror of Reality: Mexican American Proverbs(p. 225)
• Language Diversity Within the United States: Understanding the Houseless Youths' Code for Speaking(p. 230)
• Language Matters(p. 239)
• Irish Conversations(p. 247)
• 5 Nonverbal Interaction: Action, Sound, and Silence(p. 255)
• Cues of Culture: The Basis of Intercultural Differences in Noverbal Communication(p. 258)
• Japanese Nonverbal Communication: A Reflection of Cultural Themes(p. 270)
• Monochronic and Polychronic Time(p. 280)
• Gender and Nonverbal Communication(p. 287)
• 6 Cultural Contexts: The Influence of the Setting(p. 297)
• The "Five Asian Dragons": Management Behaviors and Organizational Communication(p. 301)
• The Communicative Aspects of Doing Business in Japan(p. 312)
• Contrasts in Discussion Behaviors of German and American Managers(p. 324)
• U.S. Americans and Mexicans Working Together: Five Core Mexican Concepts for Enhancing Effectiveness(p. 335)
• Communicating Health and Understanding in the Borderlands of Co-Cultures(p. 341)
• Intercultural Communication in the University Classroom(p. 355)
• Part 4 Intercultural Communication: Seeking Improvement(p. 371)
• 7 Communicating Interculturally: Becoming Competent(p. 373)
• A Model of Intercultural Communication Competence(p. 375)
• Managing Intercultural Conflicts Effectively(p. 388)
• Sojourner Adaptation(p. 400)
• Intercultural Sensitivity(p. 406)
• Managing Cultural Diversity in the American Workplace(p. 414)
• 8 Ethical Considerations: Prospects for the Future(p. 424)
• The Limits to Cultural Diversity(p. 427)
• Intercultural Personhood: An Integration of Eastern and Western Perspectives(p. 431)
• Ethics, Culture, and Communication: An Intercultural Perspective(p. 443)
• Peace as an Ethic for Intercultural Communication(p. 450)
• Peace Communication: The Ethics of Caring Across Cultures(p. 455)
• Index(p. 464)