1 Approaches to Intercultural Communication 1 --
Understanding Intercultural Communication: An Overview / Edwin R. McDaniel, Larry A. Samovar, Richard E. Porter 6 --
Imaging Culture with a Little Help from the Pushmi-Pullyu / Aaron Castelan Cargile 16 --
Culture and Conflict / Harry C. Triandis 22 --
Our Locus in the Universe: Worldview and Intercultural Communication / Satoshi Ishii, Donald Klopf, Peggy Cooke 32 --
Practice of Intercultural Communication: Reflections for Professionals in Cultural Meetings / Iben Jensen 39 --
2 Cultural Identity: Issues of Belonging 49 --
Cultural Identity and Intercultural Communication / Mary Jane Collier 53 --
Finding My Whiteness: A Narrative of Cultural Identification / Roberi Krizek 61 --
A Polish Jewish American Story: Collective Memories and Intergroup Relations / Jolanta A. Drzewiecka, Nancy Draznin 71 --
Hybrid Identities of Gender Queer: Claiming Neither/Nor, Both/And / A. L. Zimmerman, Patricia Geist-Martin 76 --
Ambiguous Insiders: An Investigation of Arab American Invisibility / Nadine Naber 82 --
3 International Cultures: Understanding Diversity 98 --
Living Together vs. Going It Alone / Richard E. Nisbett 103 --
Wei (Positioning)-Ming (Naming)-Lianmian (Face) Continuum in Contemporary Chinese Culture / Wenshan Jia 114 --
India: The Dance of Shiva / Martin J. Gannon 122 --
Personality and Person Perception in AFrica / Karl Pelizer 135 --
Communication with Egyptians / Polly A. Begley 142 --
4 Co-Cultures: Living in Two Cultures 149 --
Unum and Pluribus: Ideological Underpinnings of Interethnic Communication in the United States / Young Yun Kim 153 --
Does the Worm Live in the Ground? Reflections on Native American Spirituality / Michael Tlanusta Garrett, Michael P. Wilbur 164 --
Let Me Count the Ways: African-American/European-American Marriages / Donna M. Stringer 170 --
Gendered Communication Styles / Julia T. Wood, Nina M. Reich 177 --
"Which Is My Good Leg?": Cultural Communication of Persons with Disabilities / Dawn O. Braithwaite, Charles A. Braithwaite 187 --
In Plain Sight: Gay and Lesbian Communication and Culture / William F. Eadie 198 --
5 Intercultural Messages: Verbal and Nonverbal Communication 209 --
Nexus of Language, Communication, and Culture / Mary Fong 214 --
German Language: Whose Language, Whose Culture? / Helen Kelly-Holmes 222 --
Dialogue and Cultural Communication Codes Between Israeli Jews and Palestinians / Donald G. Ellis, Ifat Maoz 231 --
Public Speaking Patterns in Kenya / Ann Neville Miller 238 --
Mexican Dichos: Lessons Through Language / Carolyn Roy 246 --
Unraveling Cultural Cues: Dimensions of Nonverbal Communication Across Cultures / Peter A. Andersen, Hua Wang 250 --
Japanese Nonverbal Communication: A Reflection of Cultural Themes / Edwin R. McDaniel 266 --
6 Cultural Contexts: The Influence of the Setting 275 --
U.S. Americans and Mexicans Working Together: Five Core Concepts / Sheryl L. Lindsley, Charles A. Braithwaite 280 --
Application of American Management Theories and Practices to the Indian Business Environment: Understanding the Impact of National Culture / Suresh Gopalan, Angie Stahl 286 --
Contrasts in Discussion Behaviors of German and American Managers / Robert A. Friday 298 --
"Half-Truths" in Argentina, Brazil, and India: An Intercultural Analysis of Physician-Patient Communication / Nagesh Rao 308 --
Exploring Culture in Nursing: A Theory-Driven Practice / Brian E. Mendyka 318 --
Culture and Communication in the Classroom / Geneva Gay 326 --
Social Dynamics of the Multicultural Classroom / Johann Le Roux 343 --
7 Communicating Interculturally: Becoming Competent 354 --
Intercultural Awareness / Guo-Ming Chen, William J. Starosta 357 --
Managing Intercultural Conflicts Effectively / Stella Ting-Toomey 366 --
Role of Dialogue in Managing Intergroup Conflict / Abhik Roy, Bayo Oludaja 378 --
Sojourner Adaptation / Polly A. Begley 387 --
8 Ethical Considerations: Prospects for the Future 394 --
Cultural Diversity: A World View / Thomas Sowell 398 --
Limits to Cultural Diversity / Harlan Cleveland 405 --
Intercultural Personhood: An Integration of Eastern and Western Perspectives / Young Yun Kim 408 --
Ethical Intercultural Technical Communication: Looking Through the Lens of Confucian Ethics / Sam Dragga 420 --
Business Ethics and Intercultural Communication: Exploring the Overlap Between Two Academic Fields / Johannes Brinkmann 430.
