| Description |
1 online resource (xxii, 257 pages) : illustrations |
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LEA's communication series |
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LEA's communication series.
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| Contents |
I. Perspectives in cross-cultural communication and aging. Aging and the elders from a cross-cultural communication perspective / L. Brooks Hill, Larry W. Long, William R. Cupach -- Older women as cultural figures in aging / Enid J. Portnoy -- Aging and infotainment technologies : cross-cultural perspectives / Norbert Mundorf, Jennings Bryant, Winifed Brownell. II. Cross-generational communication and aging. Pidgin to da max : a bridge toward satisfying cross-generational communication among the Hawaiians / Diane M. Kimoto -- Trends in cross-generational communication among Arab Americans / Hana S. Noor Al-Deen -- Mentoring across generations : culture, family, and mentoring relationships / Pamela J. Kalbfleisch and Arlyn Anderson. III. Cross-cultural communication and aging within organizational settings. Cultural views and stereotypes of aging in American organizations / Larry W. Long [and others] -- The nursing home and retirement community : a cross-cultural communication perspective / Christi L. Grooters, L. Brooks Hill, Penelope N. Long -- The dilemma of Oklahoma Native American women elders : traditional roles and sociocultural roles / Lynda Dixon Shaver. IV. Popular culture and aging. Images of elders in traditional literature / Carole E. Tallant -- Searching for the fountain : models of aging in contemporary self-help literature / Thomas J. Darwin -- Young by day : the older person on daytime serial drama / Mary Cassata and Barbara J. Irwin -- The image of aging in television commercials : an updates for the 1990s / Wendy J. Hajjar |
| Summary |
Recently, the communication discipline has devoted increasing energy toward the study of aging, yet most of the research has insufficiently addressed a crucial factor in communicative relationships--culture. Meanwhile, cross-cultural/intercultural communication has not adequately addressed the aging process. Combining three powerful elements--communication, aging, and culture--all of which have an increasingly profound impact on today's multicultural society, this book focuses on older Americans in various communicative contexts within the framework of their cultures. Composed of orig |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Older people -- Communication -- United States
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Minority older people -- United States.
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Intercultural communication -- United States
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Intergenerational relations -- United States
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Intergenerational communication -- United States
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Older people in popular culture -- United States
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Cultural pluralism -- United States
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Communication.
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Cross-cultural studies.
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Cultural pluralism.
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Older people.
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Misinformation.
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Communication
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Cross-Cultural Comparison
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Aged -- psychology
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Intergenerational Relations
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Minority Groups -- psychology
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Cultural Diversity
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Aged
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elderly.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
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Older people in popular culture
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Cultural pluralism
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Intercultural communication
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Intergenerational communication
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Intergenerational relations
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Minority older people
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Older people
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Older people -- Communication
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Popular culture
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Multikulturelle Gesellschaft
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Kommunikation
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Alter
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Interculturele communicatie.
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Ouderen.
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Populaire cultuur.
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| SUBJECT |
United States |
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United States
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USA
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Noor Al-Deen, Hana S
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| ISBN |
9781136686016 |
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1136686010 |
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