Intersecting Identities and Interculturality: Discourse and Practice - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1443846627 ISBN 13 : 9781443846622

Editeur : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013

Synopsis

Most scholars now refute the monolithic, static definition of identity and adopt a fluid approach to the concept which takes into consideration overlapping, or rather intersecting the different facets of identity. The contact of many and varied aspects of identity finds its full development in interpersonal communication when two or more individuals identify through their discourse. In this volume the authors are interested in identity in intercultural contexts. Interculturality is understood as interculturality without culture (Dervin 2010), not only focusing on cultural differences but expanding to gender, occupation, social class, etc. The contributors in this book consider that the different components/aspects of one's identity are not necessarily opposed to each other, that someone's identity is not pre-determined and that different voices can be heard from within a given group. With contributions from Finland, Japan, Malaysia, Romania, the United Kingdom and the United States of America from the fields of linguistics, sociolinguistics, discourse analysis, linguistic anthropology, cultural anthropology, literature and education, the key concepts associated with identity and interculturality are revisited, and empirical research provides an insight on identification processes. This volume will appeal to scholars interested in the questions of identity and intercultural relations, as well as to students, particularly from the fields of anthropology, education, language and communication studies who try to better understand the discursive interactions between two people. It will also interest individuals from all walks of life who are keen on knowing more about personal diversities.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Regis MACHART is a Senior Lecturer at Universiti Putra Malaysia. His research interests are identity and identification processes in intercultural communication, and representations of the Other in literature and the media. He is associate editor of the International Journal of Education for Diversities (IJE4D). Choon Bee LIM is Associate Professor at Universiti Putra Malaysia. Her areas of research include modern Chinese and Mahua literatures. She is the author of Xingbie yu Bentu: Zaidi de Mahua Wenxue Lunshu [Gender and Nativeness: A Localist Discourse on Mahua Literature] (2009). Sep Neo LIM is a Senior Lecturer at Universiti Putra Malaysia. She teaches French literature and history and her research interests are second language acquisition, cultural studies and identity. Eriko YAMATO is a Senior Lecturer at Universiti Putra Malaysia. Her research interest includes media audience study, youth cultural studies, Japanese popular culture and critical pedagogy. She is also involved in a project to develop online Japanese language learning materials at the Waseda University, Japan.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1443846627
• ISBN 13: 9781443846622
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 195
• Éditeur: Neo Lim Sep, Régis Machart, Robson Garry
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible