Our Voices: Essays in Culture, Ethnicity, and Communication
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| Rating | : | 4.29 (634 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0190255234 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 368 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-03-18 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Collectively, the readings tackle the key areas of communication-rhetoric, mass communication, and interpersonal communication-using a uniquely expansive and humanist perspective that provides a voice to otherwise marginalized members of society. While most readers are collections of scholarly essays that describe intercultural communication, Our Voices presents short, student-oriented readings chosen with an eye toward engaging the reader. Our Voices: Essays in Culture, Ethnicity, and Communication examines intercultural communication through an array of cultural and personal perspectives, with each of its contributors writing a first-person account of his or her experiences in the real world. Praised by students for its abundance of short, first-person narratives, Our Voices
Yea-Wen Chen (PhD, University of New Mexico) is assistant professor in the School of Communication Studies at Ohio University. Her research addresses issues of cultural identities, ideologies, and social justice within intercultural relationships across local and global contexts. Her work appears in such journals as Journal of
Good Read! I purchased this book for my graduate course and it is filled with many sociological concepts spanning from many world issues both domestic and international. Even if read leisurely, it serves as something that can be referenced for personal and academic use.. One Star Adam Sirhan i want to give it half a staronly bought this dumbazz book for class
If the idea is to create cultural understanding in a way that students from various groups will not tune out from the beginning, certainly the editors of this book took on a daunting task."--C. Louis University. The authors provide their perspectives in a way that illustrate a range of experiences that are often not showcased in mainstream discussions. The articles are not too long, either, which is a joy to students, but they provide enough material to get students thinking critically about issues." --Patreece Boone, St. "Our Voices is a powerful collection of personal essays that define, alter, and engage critically our ideas about culture and identity." -- Sandra L Faulkner, Bowling Green State University "This book is an integral part of understanding intercultural communication. Thomas Preston, Gainesville State College"I very much like the approach of this text. The attention to