Identity Research and Communication - Intercultural Reflections and Future Directions (Paperback)

The concept of identity has steadily emerged in importance in the field of intercultural communication, especially over the last two decades. In a transnational world marked by complex connectivity as well as enduring differences and power inequities, it is imperative to understand and continuously theorize how we perceive the self in relation to the cultural other. Such understandings play a central role in how we negotiate relationships, build alliances, promote peace, and strive for social justice across cultural differences in various contexts. Identity Research in Intercultural Communication, edited by Nilanjana Bardhan and Mark P. Orbe, is unique in scope because it brings together a vast range of positions on identity scholarship under one umbrella. It tracks the state of identity research in the field and includes cutting-edge theoretical essays (some supported by empirical data), and queries what kinds of theoretical, methodological, praxiological and pedagogical boundaries researchers should be pushing in the future. This collection's primary and qualitative focus is on more recent concepts related to identity that have emerged in scholarship such as power, privilege, intersectionality, critical selfhood, hybridity, diaspora, cosmopolitanism, queer theory, globalization and transnationalism, immigration, gendered and sexual politics, self-reflexivity, positionality, agency, ethics, dialogue and dialectics, and more. The essays are critical/interpretive, postmodern, postcolonial and performative in perspective, and they strike a balance between U.S. and transnational views on identity. This volume is an essential text for scholars, educators, students, and intercultural consultants and trainers.

General

Imprint:	Lexington Books
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	December 2013
First published:	December 2013
Editors:	Nilanjana Bardhan • Mark P. Orbe
Contributors:	Brenda J Allen • Bernadette Marie Calafell • Keith Berry • Devika Chawla • Karma R. Chavez • Hsin-I Cheng • Rachel Alicia Griffin • Maurice L. Hall
Dimensions:	228 x 151 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	318
ISBN-13:	978-0-7391-9073-9
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > General
LSN:	0-7391-9073-3
Barcode:	9780739190739

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