The Global Intercultural Communication Reader

Molefi Kete Asante is Professor in the Department of African American Studies at Temple University. He has published more than 60 scholarly books and 300 journal and maganize articles. His most recent books include Erasing Racism: The Survival of the American Nation, The History of Africa: The Quest for Eternal Harmony, and Race, Rhetoric, and Identity: The Architecton of Soul. Yoshitaka Miike is Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Hawai`i, Hilo. He received a 2004 Distinguished Scholarship Award from the International and Intercultural Communication Division of the National Communication Association for the 2003 Outstanding Article of the Year. Jing Yin is Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Hawai`i, Hilo. Her research interests include the impact of globalization, media discourse and representation, and non-Western feminist discourse.

Introduction: Issues and Challenges in Intercultural Communication Scholarship Molefi Kete Asante, Yoshitaka Miike, & Jing Yin Part I: Perspectives on Culture in Theory and Research Chapter 1. Concepts of "Culture": Implications for Intercultural Communication Research Dreama G. Moon Chapter 2. Ethical Implications of the Ethnic "Text" in Multicultural Communication Studies Dolores Valencia Tanno Chapter 3. The Centrality of Culture Robert Shuter Part II: Metatheoretical Frameworks for Future Directions Chapter 4. The Ideological Significance of Afrocentricity in Intercultural Communication Molefi Kete Asante Chapter 5. Toward an Alternative Metatheory of Human Communication: An Asiacentric Vision Yoshitaka Miike Chapter 6. Thinking Dialectically about Culture and Communication Judith N. Martin & Thomas K. Nakayama Part III: Contextual Approaches to Culture and Communication Chapter 7. Language and Words: Communication in the Analects of Confucius Hui-Ching Chang Chapter 8. Ubuntu in South Africa: A Sociolinguistic Perspective to a Pan-African Concept Nkonko M. Kamwangamalu Chapter 9. Constructing the Other: A Critical Reading of The Joy Luck Club Jing Yin Chapter 10. The Four Seasons of Ethnography: A Creation-Centered Ontology for Ethnography Sarah Amira de la Garza Part IV: Impact of Globalization on Intercultural Communication Chapter 11. The Hegemony of English and Strategies for Linguistic Pluralism: Proposing the Ecology of Language Paradigm Yukio Tsuda Chapter 12. The Intersecting Hegemonic Discourses of an Asian Mail-Order Bride Catalog: Pilipina "Oriental Butterfly" Dolls for Sale Rona Tamiko Halualani Chapter 13. Currents in History, Cultural Domination, and Mass Communication in the Caribbean Humphrey A. Regis Part V: Identity and Intercultural Communication Competence Chapter14. Intercultural Communication Competence: A Synthesis Guo-Ming Chen & William J. Starosta Chapter 15. Beyond Multicultural Man: Complexities of Identity Lise M. Sparrow Chapter 16. Applying a Critical Metatheoretical Approach to Intercultural Relations: The Case of U.S.-Japanese Communication William Kelly Part VI: Ethical Considerations in Intercultural Communication Chapter 17. Theoretical Perspectives on Islam and Communication Hamid Mowlana Chapter 18. Ethics and the Discourse on Ethics in Post-Colonial India Anantha Sudhaker Babbili Chapter 19. Peace and the Middle East Edward W. Said Chapter 20. Mutual Learning as an Agenda for Social Development Tu Weiming