Fred Dervin & Regis Machart 
Cultural Essentialism in Intercultural Relations [PDF ebook] 

The concept of culture has long been criticized, with many scholars reformulating it or discarding it entirely. The field of intercultural communication and relations, however, still relies on culture to examine interculturality and this volume provides a comprehensive examination of the problems that the concept poses today.

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Introduction; Fred Dervin & Regis Machart

1. Cultural Essentialism And Foreigner-As-Criminal Discourse; Damian J. Rivers

2. Culture Offenses Instead Of Cultural Defense – Criminalization Of Oppression Against Women In The Name Of Culture; Gabriel Hallevy

3. Interrogating Cultural Excuses For And The Otherness Of Australian Circus Performers: Implications For Intercultural Communication And Education; P. A. Danaher

4. Learning To See Differently: The Asia-Pacific Triennial Of Contemporary Art; Margaret Baguley

5. Difference Is No Excuse: Separate Struggles, Shared Concerns, And The Articulation Of Collective Identity In Contemporary Anglophone Poetry; Antonio Cuadrado-Fernandez

6. Beyond ‘ ‘Culture ‘ ‘: Nationalistic And Monolinguistic Ideologies In Quebec; Elatiana Razafimandimbimanana

7. Essentialising The Convenient Baba-Nyonyas Of The Heritage City Of Melaka (Malaysia); Sep Neo Lim

8. Intercultural Learning Through Training? A Case Study Of The Training Software Alelo For Military Personnel; Karin Zotzmann

9. Afterword; Adrian Holliday

Об авторе

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.