Jandt, Fred Edmund <br/><br/>
Intercultural communication :  an introduction / 
Fred E. Jandt 
 - 2nd ed. 
 - Thousand Oaks, Calif. :  SAGE Publications,  1998 
 - xiii, 489 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 465-477) and index 
<br/><br/>The dispute over defining culture -- Defining communication as an element of culture -- Barriers to intercultural communication -- Stereotypes and prejudice as barriers -- Nonverbal communication -- Knowing culture through language -- Language as a barrier -- Culture's influence on perception -- Children, women, and families -- Dimensions of culture -- Dominant United States cultural patterns : using value orientation theory -- Comparative cultural patterns : Russian and Arabian cultures -- Contact between cultures -- Immigration and acculturation -- Forces against assimilation -- Forces to conform to one cultural identity -- Establishing a culture -- Identity and subgroups -- Multiculturalism -- Improving intercultural communication 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0761914315 (cloth : acid-free paper) 0761914323 (pbk. : acid-free paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>97-045472 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Intercultural communication<br/>Intercultural communication--United States<br/>Communication, International