Cross-Cultural Communication and Aging in the United States

ISBN-13: 9780805822953 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 280 str.

Hana Noor Al-Deen; Hana S. Noor Al-Deen

Opis

Combining three elements - communication, ageing and culture - all of which have an increasingly profound impact on today's multicultural society, this text focuses on older Americans in various communicative contexts within the framework of their cultures.

Recenzje

"Noor Al-Deen present[s] strong and thought-provoking arguments that compel the reader to consider the role of identity in constructing reality and untimately shaping our realities....presents in-depth investigations into research areas frequently disregarded and ignored by mainstream journals and other publishing venues....communication scholars will be sensitized to the saliency of research that brings diverse experiences from the margins and into the center."
—Communication Theory

"...is a collection of studies and essays that dare society members and scholars alike to place greater value on older U.S. citizens....presents in-depth investigations into research areas frequently disregarded and ignored by mainstream journals and other publishing venues."
—Communication Theory

Spis treści

Contents: J. Bryant, Foreword. Acknowledgments. Preface. Part I:Perspectives in Cross-Cultural Communication and Aging. L.B. Hill, L.W. Long, W.R. Cupach, Aging and the Elders From a Cross-Cultural Communication Perspective. E.J. Portnoy, Older Females As Cultural Figures in Aging. N. Mundorf, J. Bryant, W. Brownell, Aging and Infotainment Technologies: Cross-Cultural Perspectives. Part II:Cross-Generational Communication and Aging. D.M. Kimoto, Pidgin to Da Max: A Bridge Toward Satisfying Cross-Generational Communication by Older Hawaiians. H.S. Noor Al-Deen, Trends in Cross-Generational Communication Among Arab Americans. P.J. Kalbfleisch, A. Anderson, Mentoring Across Generations: Culture, Family, and Mentoring Relationships. Part III:Cross-Cultural Communication and Aging Within Organizational Settings. L.W. Long, D.A. DeJoy, M. Javidi, A. Javidi, A Cultural Approach to Communication and Aging in Organizations. C.L. Grooters, L.B. Hill, P.N. Long, The Nursing Home and Retirement Community: A Cross-Cultural Communication Perspective. L.D. Shaver, The Dilemma of Oklahoma Native American Women Elders: Women's Traditional Health Roles and Bureaucratic Health Care. Part IV:Popular Culture and Aging. C.E. Tallant, Images of Older Adults in Traditional Literature. T.J. Darwin, Searching for the Fountain: Rhetorics of Aging in Contemporary Self-Help Literature. M. Cassata, B.J. Irwin, Young by Day: The Elders on Daytime Serial Drama. W.J. Hajjar, The Image of Aging in Television Advertising: An Update for the 1990s.

O autorze

Hana Noor Al-Deen