Perspectives on Interculturality: The Construction of Meaning in Relationships of Difference

ISBN-13: 9781349504169 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 268 str.

Michal Jan Rozbicki; M. Rozbicki

Opis

The intercultural occurs in the space between two or more distinct cultures that encounter each other, an area where meanings are translated and difference is negotiated. In this volume, scholars from diverse disciplines reflect on the phenomenon of interculturality and on the theoretical and methodological frameworks of interpreting it

Spis treści

Introduction Intercultural Studies: The Methodological Contours of an Emerging Discipline Michal Jan Rozbicki I. Conceptualizing Interculturality 1. Apperception, the Influence of Culture, and Interracial Humor Michael D. Barber 2. Toward Foundations for Intercultural Studies: Considering Mobility Studies and the Study of Religion Paul Kollman 3. Toward the Materiality of Intercultural Dialogue, Still a "Miracle Begging for Analysis" Teruyuki Tsuji II. Interculturality and Social Identity 4. Group Identity and Attitudes in Guatemala: The Role of Ethnic Interculturality Judith L. Gibbons, Brien K. Ashdown, Yetilú de Baessa 5. Fear of the Knotted Cord: Pueblo-Spanish Relations after the 1680 Revolt Tracy Brown 6. Bienvenido, Mr. Inquisitor: On the Sociocultural Dynamics of Inquisitorial Visits William Childers III. A Global Stage for Interculturality 7. Interculturality, Cosmopolitanism, and the Role of the Imagination: A Perspective for Communicating as Global Citizens Nilanjana Bardhan, Miriam Sobré-Denton 8. Towards a Cosmopolitan Sociology: Understanding Cosmopolitanism in Korea Mun-Cho Kim 9. A Netnographic Case Study of Western Expatriates' Attitudes towards the Chinese in Shanghai. Henrik Gert Larsen, Leslie Wolowitz IV. The Practice of Interculturality 10. Theorizing Interculturality in Indigenous Healthcare: A Case from a Rural Intercultural Hospital in Mexico Jennifer Hale-Gallardo 11. Tourist Destination Marketing and Interculturality: The Polish City of Krakow in the British Press Irmina Wawrzyczek 12. Do the Folk Believe that They Can Speak their Way into Interculturality? Kara McBride, Jingyun Gu

O autorze

Michal Jan Rozbicki is Professor of History and Director of the Center for Intercultural Studies at Saint Louis University, USA.