Cultures in Conversation
eBook - ePub

Cultures in Conversation

  1. 184 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Cultures in Conversation

About this book

Cultures in Conversation introduces readers to the ethnographic study of intercultural and social interactions through the analysis of conversations in which various cultural orientations are operating. Author Donal Carbaugh presents his original research on conversation practices in England, Finland, Russia, Blackfeet County, and the United States, demonstrating how each is distinctive in its communication codes--particularly in its use of symbolic meanings, forms of interaction, norms, and motivational themes. Examining conversation in this way demonstrates how cultural lives are active in conversations and shows how conversation is a principal medium for the coding of selves, social relationships, and societies.


Representing 20 years of research, this volume offers unique insights into the ways social interactions not only gain shape from, but also are formative of cultures. It makes a significant contribution to communication scholarship, and will be illuminating reading in courses focusing on cultural communication, language and social interaction, intercultural pragmatics, and linguistics.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Preface
  8. Acknowledgments
  9. About the Author
  10. Introduction
  11. 1 Cultures in Conversation: Ethnographic Explorations of Intercultural Communication
  12. 2 Conversation as a Culturally Rich Phenomenon
  13. 3 Silence and Third-Party Introductions: USAmerican and Finnish Dialogue (with Saila Poutiainen)
  14. 4 "Superficial Americans" and "Silent Finns": Finnish and USAmerican Cultures in Social Interaction
  15. 5 "Self," "Soul," and "Sex ": Russian and USAmerican Cultures in a Televised Conversation
  16. 6 "I Can't Do That" but I "Can Actually See Around Corners": American Indian Students and the Study of "Communication"
  17. 7 "Just Listen": Blackfeet "Listening" and Landscape
  18. 8 "The Passing Occasion arid the Long Story": Four Cultural Conversations
  19. References
  20. Source Acknowledgments
  21. Index