| Description |
137 pages : illustrations, maps, some coloured ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Preface -- Chpt.1. The master narrative and the collision theory: an introduction -- Chpt.2. The master narrative unveiled -- Chpt.3. The collision of history and intercultural communication -- Chpt.4. The indigenous experience: the first collision -- Chpt.5. The African American experience: collision and race -- Chpt.6. The classless caucasian experience: collision and the trans-Atlantic immigration -- Chpt.7. The Mexican American experience: collision and borders -- Chpt.8. The Chinese American experience: collision and crossing the Pacific -- Chpt.9. Keys to unlocking the master narrative: the collision model illuminated |
| Summary |
By combining research and analysis from the fields of American history and intercultural communication, Unlocking the Master Narrative: History and Intercultural Communication helps students examine why we communicate the way in which we do, taking into account history, culture, worldviews, and the myriad ways in which we share information. The book examines numerous co-cultures within the United States -- including those of indigenous peoples, African Americans, Caucasians, Mexican Americans, and Chinese Americans -- with special emphasis on the historic perspective of each group's experiences and struggles. The examination deepens as students learn how the role of communication within these groups evolved as a result of those experiences and struggles, and how communication styles and patterns continue to influence and shape these cultural groups today. Unique in approach and cross-disciplinary in nature, Unlocking the Master Narrative provides students with a revolutionary lens that helps them understand each other more deeply and distinctively. The book is well-suited for courses in American history, intercultural communication, ethnic and cultural studies, sociology, and anthropology. -- back cover |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Intercultural communication -- United States.
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Pluralism -- United States.
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Cultural studies -- United States.
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| Author |
Wizner, Angela Davis, author
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| ISBN |
9781516538904 paperback |
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9781516538911 |
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