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Intercultural Alliances, Volume 25 of The International andIntercultural Communication Annual, reflects the struggle to comprehend ourinternational communities and improve the ways in which we communicate andnegotiate across cultures. Carefully organized and edited by Mary Jane Collier, this accessible volume defines intercultural alliances and demonstrates theirpotential through examples of effective and ineffective alliances. A group ofdiverse and distinguished contributors presents an array of approaches tointercultural alliances, analyzing relationships between groups andindividuals; institutionally based relationships that are constrained andenabled by structures, ideologies, and histories; and relationships as situateddiscourse.
Tailored for scholars who study culture, communication, sociology, orlanguage, Intercultural Alliances is also essential reading for upperlevel undergraduate and graduate students interested in culture orcommunication.
Synopsis
The 25th volume of the International and Intercultural Communication Annual offers a variety of perspectives on culture, identity, and the formation of personal and political alliances. Chapters include case studies from the United States, South Africa and the Philippines and consider the implications of the Internet on cultural identities.
Synopsis
Intercultural Alliances, Volume 25 of The International and Intercultural Communication Annual, reflects the struggle to comprehend our international communities and improve the ways in which we communicate and negotiate across cultures. Carefully organized and edited by Mary Jane Collier, this accessible volume defines intercultural alliances and demonstrates their potential through examples of effective and ineffective alliances. A group of diverse and distinguished contributors presents an array of approaches to intercultural alliances, analyzing relationships between groups and individuals; institutionally based relationships that are constrained and enabled by structures, ideologies, and histories; and relationships as situated discourse.
Tailored for scholars who study culture, communication, sociology, or language, Intercultural Alliances is also essential reading for upper level undergraduate and graduate students interested in culture or communication.
Table of Contents
Negotiating intercultural alliance relationships : toward transformation /Mary Jane Collier --Embodied negotiation : commodification and cultural representation in the U.S. Southwest /Kathyrn Sorrells --Bridge inscriptions : transracial feminist alliances, possibilities, and foreclosures /Aimee M. Carrillo Rowe --Deconstructing whiteness ideology as a set of rhetorical fantasy themes : implications for interracial alliance building in the United States /Sean Tierney, Ronald L. Jackson II --Two nations talk : an analysis of rapprochement and alienation in two South African national radio talk shows /Melissa E. Steyn --(In)visible whiteness of being : stories of selves in sojourn /Leda Cooks, Elizabeth Fullon --Interrogating identities : composing other cyberspaces /Radhika Gajjala --Collective memory, media representations, and barriers to intercultural dialogue /Jolanta A. Drzewiecka --Connecting Hawaiians : the politics of authenticity in the Hawaiian diaspora /Rona Tamiko Halualani --Bridging theory and cultural politics : revisiting the indigenization-poststructuralism debates in Filipino and Filipino American struggles for identity /S. Lily Mendoza --Intercultural alliances : a cyberdialogue among scholar-practitioners /Brenda J. Allen, Benjamin J. Broome, Trisha S. Jones, Victoria Chen, Mary Jane Collier