Cross Cultural Narratives

Author : Ravichandran Ammigan
Publisher : Star Scholars
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2021-02-16
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1736469908

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Cross-Cultural Narratives by Ravichandran Ammigan Pdf

Living and studying away from home can turn out to be an enriching and rewarding experience for many international students. Yet, many of them struggle to cope with their new university life due to distinct challenges such as cultural differences, language and communication barriers, and a lack of social support. Through a diverse collection of personal essays, this book captures some of the stories of international students as they reflect on their intercultural encounters, expectations, and experiences in their new surroundings and local communities. Essay themes range from culture shock to resilience, and they cover a variety of topics including the ways students change and gain new perspectives by being away from their comfort zone, the feeling of isolation and being an outsider, and the uncertainties of making new friends. This book provides readers with a unique opportunity to walk a mile in the shoes of an international student. It also highlights the importance of a strong support system for students in both the curricular and co-curricular settings and offers insights to international educators and university administrators into creating a welcoming environment that fosters international understanding and cross-cultural awareness on campus.

Author : Mark Cronlund Anderson,Irene Maria Blayer
Publisher : Peter Lang
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : 0820474096

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Interdisciplinary and Cross-cultural Narratives in North America by Mark Cronlund Anderson,Irene Maria Blayer Pdf

North America is becoming increasingly interdisciplinary and cross-cultural. In this emerging context narratives play a crucial role in weaving patterns that in turn provide fabrics for our lives. In this thoroughly original collection, Interdisciplinary and Cross-Cultural Narratives in North America, a dozen scholars deploy a variety of provocative and illuminating approaches to explore and understand the many ways that stories speak to, from, within, and across culture(s) in North America.

Author : Tony R Demars,Gabriel B Tait
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2023-05-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 149858943X

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Narratives of Storytelling Across Cultures by Tony R Demars,Gabriel B Tait Pdf

This book digs deeply into the meanings systems that make up social groups, addressing contemporary and historical cases both in the U.S. and internationally. Drawing from traditional and social media along with interpersonal communication situations, contributors provide an e...

Author : Mehita Iqani,Fernando Resende
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2019-03-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780429638732

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Media and the Global South by Mehita Iqani,Fernando Resende Pdf

What does the notion of the ‘global south’ mean to media studies today? This book interrogates the possibilities of global thinking from the south in the field of media, communication, and cultural studies. Through lenses of millennial media cultures, it refocuses the praxis of the global south in relation to the established ideas of globalization, development, and conditions of postcoloniality. Bringing together original empirical work from media scholars from across the global south, the volume highlights how contemporary thinking about the region as theoretical framework ・ an emerging area of theory in its own right ・ is incomplete without due consideration being placed on narrative forms, both analogue and digital, traditional and sub-cultural. From news to music cultures, from journalism to visual culture, from screen forms to culture-jamming, the chapters in the volume explore contemporary popular forms of communication as manifested in diverse global south contexts. A significant contribution to cultural theory and communications research, this book will be of interest to scholars and researchers of media and culture studies, literary and critical theory, digital humanities, science and technology studies, and sociology and social anthropology.

Author : Sandra M. Gustafson,Caroline Sloat
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Mass media
ISBN : 0268029768

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Cultural Narratives by Sandra M. Gustafson,Caroline Sloat Pdf

This collection of essays debates how written printed, visual, and performed works produced meaning and a multimedia culture in America before 1900.

Author : Carmel Cefai,Paul Cooper
Publisher : Springer
Page : 8 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2017-06-09
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789463510530

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Mental Health Promotion in Schools by Carmel Cefai,Paul Cooper Pdf

The narratives of the children and young people, school teachers and school leaders, parents and carers, policy makers and service managers, and mental health workers and professionals, presented in this book, should provide an invaluable resource for all those involved in mental health promotion in school. The insights drawn from these direct field experiences may help to inform policy and good practice and serve as an inspiration to schools in their efforts to introduce and promote mental health for their communities. Most of the chapters present original research carried out in schools, services, universities and other contexts across different cultures. Through various qualitative studies carried out in different cultural contexts, Mental Health Promotion in Schools provides a platform for children, teachers, school leaders, parents, professionals, policy makers and teacher educators, to express their views on what works and does not work in mental health promotion in school. In our continued quest for evidence based research, we may tend to underestimate the value and significance of capturing the views and experiences of those most directly involved in mental health promotion, such as children and young people, school teachers and parents/carers, in seeking to enhance policy and practice in the area. This book should be of particular interest to those involved in mental health promotion in school at practice, training and research levels and we are sure that among these chapters, they will discover many new and stimulating insights into the promotion of mental health in such complex systems as schools. “This is a timely book since mental health difficulties among children and young people are on the increase across the world. The editors, Carmel Cefai and Paul Cooper, are passionate about the crucial role to be played by schools in creating safe spaces in which to learn, develop and socialise. They have spent many years in the development of creative initiatives for the promotion of emotional health and well-being amongst young people. The editors bring an international perspective to the issue of mental health and youth and show how important it is to collaborate and share expertise and knowledge. Cefai and Cooper have assembled an impressive range of authors to share their knowledge and to show how initiatives can be adapted to a range of cultural contexts.” – Helen Cowie, Professor, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, UK

Author : Cristina Della Coletta
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2012-03-19
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781421403656

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When Stories Travel by Cristina Della Coletta Pdf

Adapting fiction into film is, as author Cristina Della Coletta asserts, a transformative encounter that takes place not just across media but across different cultures. In this book, Della Coletta explores what it means when the translation of fiction into film involves writers, directors, and audiences who belong to national, historical, and cultural formations different from that of the adapted work. In particular, Della Coletta examines narratives and films belonging to Italian, North American, French, and Argentine cultures. These include Luchino Visconti’s adaptation of James M. Cain’s The Postman Always Rings Twice, Federico Fellini’s version of Edgar Allan Poe’s story "Never Bet the Devil Your Head," Alain Corneau’s film based on Antonio Tabucchi’s Notturno indiano, and Bernardo Bertolucci’s take on Jorge Luis Borges’s "Tema del traidor y del héroe." In her framework for analyzing these cross-cultural film adaptations, Della Coletta borrows from the philosophical hermeneutics of Hans-Georg Gadamer and calls for a "hermeneutics of estrangement," a practice of mediation and adaptation that defines cultures, nations, selfhoods, and their aesthetic achievements in terms of their transformative encounters. Stories travel to unexpected and interesting places when adapted into film by people of diverse cultures. While the intended meaning of the author may not be perfectly reproduced, it still holds, Della Coletta argues, an equally valid and important intellectual claim upon its interpreters. With a firm grasp on the latest developments in adaptation theory, Della Coletta invites scholars of media studies, cultural history, comparative literature, and adaptation studies to deepen their understanding of this critical encounter between texts, writers, readers, and cultural movements.

Author : Kalpana Sahni
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2010-06-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781136704628

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Multi-stories by Kalpana Sahni Pdf

This unique work explores, through personal narratives, the overlapping and intermingling of cultures as well as the immense cultural diversity across the world. This exploration inevitably questions notions of higher or lower cultures, and civilized or uncivilized peoples. Indeed it questions the very concept of superiority amongst peoples. Apart from cross-cultural encounters, this work also discusses how various democratic and non-democratic governments and organizations have attempted to conceal cross-cultural influences by inventing superiority, purity, and authenticity of cultures and civilizations to the detriment of others. Yet cross-culture pollination, an ongoing process, always reveals itself through the ignored cracks of history. The book shows that India is no exception and has been and continues to be porous. The numerous examples of cross-pollination — with Algeria, Indonesia, Cambodia, to mention a few — force us to re-look cultural constructs and indeed the very meaning of culture.

Author : Kagendo Mutua,Beth Blue Swadener
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2004-02-03
Category : Education
ISBN : 0791459799

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Decolonizing Research in Cross-Cultural Contexts by Kagendo Mutua,Beth Blue Swadener Pdf

International scholars share their experiences with the challenges inherent in representing indigenous cultures and decolonizing cross-cultural research.

Author : Caroline S. Clauss-Ehlers
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 1097 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2010-02-18
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780387717982

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Encyclopedia of Cross-Cultural School Psychology by Caroline S. Clauss-Ehlers Pdf

With contributions from leading school psychology practitioners, this encyclopedia provides a one-of-a-kind guide to cross-cultural school psychology. Some 400 entries explore concepts, themes, and the latest research findings to answer your questions in all aspects of the field. Moreover, the encyclopedia offers support at all levels of primary and secondary education, from pre-K to 12th grade. Each entry offers a description of a particular term, a bibliography, and additional readings. The editor is widely known for her bi-weekly Spanish-language columns and her appearances on television and radio as a cross-cultural expert.

Author : Jingyun Zhang
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789819713714

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Cross-Cultural Communication of Chinese Brands by Jingyun Zhang Pdf

Author : Tony R. DeMars,Gabriel B. Tait
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2019-09-18
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781498589420

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Narratives of Storytelling across Cultures by Tony R. DeMars,Gabriel B. Tait Pdf

Narratives of Storytelling Across Cultures demonstrates how meaning found within interpersonal communication is not universal across all cultures. Miscommunication can occur when the foundations of cultural meaning within stories, as told socially and within media, vary among different cultures. Positioned within the communication and media field, this book connects issues of societal tension and political battles to media portrayals, social communication events, and power dynamics that result when people with different meanings systems attempt to negotiate "truth" among their competing narratives. After establishing the theoretical foundation of the book, contributors provide specific case studies that demonstrate underlying cultural components and complexities that lead to these issues. Tony R. DeMars and Gabriel Tait have assembled contributors with research, experience, and understanding of intercultural communication challenges in different social groups, allowing the book to take on a broader scope of intercultural communication. Scholars of communication, conflict resolution, political science, sociology, and media studies will find this book particularly useful.

Author : Xiaohong Chi
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2020-06-05
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783030469771

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Cross-Cultural Experiences of Chinese Immigrant Mothers in Canada by Xiaohong Chi Pdf

This volume explores cross-cultural encounters with schooling among Chinese immigrant mothers in Canada. Using a narrative inquiry approach, the author sets out to spotlight the challenges facing immigrant parents and students as they begin to integrate into Western society and culture, specifically focusing on aspects of their experience including the intergenerational relationship between students and parents, home-school relations, and interactions with other Chinese immigrant parents. Chapters address intercultural differences as a reference point for understanding immigrant parents' views on schooling, moral education, and parenting practices.

Author : Pranee Liamputtong
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 387 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2022-12-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781800376625

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Handbook of Qualitative Cross-Cultural Research Methods by Pranee Liamputtong Pdf

This Handbook provides an in-depth discussion on doing cross-cultural research more ethically, sensibly and responsibly with diverse groups of people around the globe. It focuses on cross-cultural research in the social sciences where researchers who are often from Western, educated and rich backgrounds are conducting research with individuals from different socio-cultural settings that are often non-Western, illiterate and poor.

Author : Shijing Xu
Publisher : Springer
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2017-06-28
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783319461038

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Cross-Cultural Schooling Experiences of Chinese Immigrant Families by Shijing Xu Pdf

This book introduces the concept of reciprocal educational learning among cultures with very different historical and philosophical origins. The concept of reciprocal learning grows out of a four year study of immigrant Chinese family narrative experiences in a Western context. This book captures the lived moments of such transitional lives both in and out of school settings to demonstrate why a child would appear and disappear from different caregivers’ purview. Through the narrative lens of student and family life, the study illustrates the intersection of Confucian and Western philosophies of education and how their interaction creates complications as well as benefits for both traditions, hence, the idea of reciprocal learning.