Cultural Essentialism in Intercultural Relations

Margaret Baguley, University of Southern Queensland, Australia. Antonio Cuadrado-Fernández, Independent Scholar, UK. P. A. Danaher, University of Southern Queensland, Australia. Gabriel Hallevy, Ono Academic College, Israel. Adrian Holliday, Canterbury Christ Church University, UK. Elatiana Razafimandimbimanana, University of François-Rabelais in Tours, France. Damian J. Rivers, Future University Hakodate, Japan. Lim Sep Neo, University of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Dr. Karin Zotzmann, University of Southampton, UK.

Introduction; Fred Dervin & Regis Machart1. Cultural Essentialism And Foreigner-As-Criminal Discourse; Damian J. Rivers2. Culture Offenses Instead Of Cultural Defense – Criminalization Of Oppression Against Women In The Name Of Culture; Gabriel Hallevy3. Interrogating Cultural Excuses For And The Otherness Of Australian Circus Performers: Implications For Intercultural Communication And Education; P. A. Danaher4. Learning To See Differently: The Asia-Pacific Triennial Of Contemporary Art; Margaret Baguley5. Difference Is No Excuse: Separate Struggles, Shared Concerns, And The Articulation Of Collective Identity In Contemporary Anglophone Poetry; Antonio Cuadrado-Fernandez6. Beyond ' 'Culture ' ': Nationalistic And Monolinguistic Ideologies In Quebec; Elatiana Razafimandimbimanana7. Essentialising The Convenient Baba-Nyonyas Of The Heritage City Of Melaka (Malaysia); Sep Neo Lim8. Intercultural Learning Through Training? A Case Study Of The Training Software Alelo For Military Personnel; Karin Zotzmann9. Afterword; Adrian Holliday