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"Ferment in the Intercultural Field: Axiology/Value/Praxis, Volume 26 of The International and Intercultural Communication Annual examines how the field of intercultural communication has encouraged new techniques in the area of research. Editors William J. Starosta and Guo-Ming Chen, along with a diverse group of distinguished contributors, recall the 1983 topical issue of The Journal of Communication that reported a critical turn and a shift of paradigms in communication research. Offering a postmodern critique of some of the more common approaches to research, this volume treats the researcher as an instrument and welcomes multiple voices in research, invites critique and self-reflection, rethinks rhetoric, categorizes research assumptions, and considers the researched a partner in a research conversation. Ferment in the Intercultural Field critiques western perspectives and looks for applications that will improve intercultural frictions and misunderstandings. The volume also includes analyses that speak to ""ferment"" in terms of axiology, values, and praxis. Recommended for scholars and researchers in the area of intercultural communication, Ferment in the Intercultural Field is also a vital resource for upper-level undergraduate and graduate communication students. About the Editors: William J. Starosta, Ph.D., teaches coursework in intercultural communication, qualitative research, and rhetoric at Howard University. He has held elective office in two professional societies and is founding editor of the Howard Journal of Communications. He presently conducts research in inter-ethnic conflict, intercultural rhetoric, and intercultural communication theory. Guo-Ming Chen, Ph.D., is Professor of Communication Studies at the University of Rhode Island. He was the recipient of the 1987 Outstanding Dissertation Award presented by the SCA International and Intercultural Communication Division. His primary research interests are in intercultural/organizational communication, including the areas of global communication, communication competence, conflict management, and cultural values and language."

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Author:   William J. Starosta ,  Guo-Ming Chen
Publisher:   SAGE Publications Inc
Imprint:   SAGE Publications Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 13.90cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 21.50cm
Weight:   0.400kg
ISBN:  

9780761929031

ISBN 10:   0761929037
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   15 August 2003
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

"Preface Acknowledgments Section I: Toward a Fifth Moment in Intercultural Communication Research 1. ""Ferment,"" an Ethic of Caring, and the Corrective Power of Dialogue - William J. Starosta and Guo-Ming Chen 2. A Postmodern Critique of Cross-Cultural and Intercultural Communication Research: Contesting Essentialism, Postivist Dualism, and Eurocentricity - Rueyling Chuang Section II: Ethics and Axiology in Intercultural Communication 3. Intercultural Communication as a Social Problem in a Globalized Context: Ethics of Praxis Research Techniques - W. F. Santiago-Valles 4. Discord in Intercultural Negotiation: Toward an Ethic of Communicability - Andrew R. Smith Section III: Cultural Communication in Historical Context 5. Communication Markers of At-Risk Southeast Asian Refugee Youth - Steven C. Combs and Kerry A. Causey 6. Academic Witnessing, French Cultures, and the Echoes of Holocaust Memories - Marouf Hasian, Jr. Section IV: Identity Negotiation in Dealings with the Other 7. White Positionalities and Cultural Contracts: Critiquing Entitlement, Theorizing, and Exploring the Negotiation of White Identities - Ronald L. Jackson, II and Katherine Simpson 8. A Review of Identity Reserach in Communication Theory: Re-conceptualizing Cultural Identity - Chang In Shin and Ronald L. Jackson, II Section V: On Alternative Centrisms 9. Beyond Eurocentrism in the Intercultural Field: Searching for an Asiacentric Paradigm - Yoshitaka Miike 10. On Theorizing Difference: Culture as Centrism - William J. Starosta and Guo-Ming Chen Index About the Editors"

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William J. Starosta (Ph.D., Intercultural Communication, Indiana University,) teaches coursework in intercultural communication, qualitative research, and rhetoric. He has held elective office in two professional societies. He is founding editor of the Howard Journal of Communications and presently researches inter-ethnic conflict, intercultural rhetoric, and intercultural communication theory. Guo-Ming Chen (Ph.D., Kent State University; M.A., University of New Mexico; B.A., Chinese Culture University) was the recipient of the 1987 Outstanding Dissertation Award presented by the SCA International and Intercultural Communication Division. His primary research interests are in intercultural/organizational communication, including the areas of global communication, communication competence, conflict management, and cultural values and language. In addition to serving as an editorial board member of different professional journals, Dr. Chen has published numerous articles and edited and co-authored several books and special issues, including Foundations of Intercultural Communication, Communication and Global Society, Chinese Conflict Management and Resolution, and three special issues of Intercultural Communication Studies on Chinese and East Asian conflict management and communication.

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