Understanding Global Cultures
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Understanding Global Cultures

Metaphorical Journeys Through 34 Nations, Clusters of Nations, Continents, and Diversity

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Understanding Global Cultures

Metaphorical Journeys Through 34 Nations, Clusters of Nations, Continents, and Diversity

About this book

In the fully updated Sixth Edition of Understanding Global Cultures: Metaphorical Journeys Through 34 Nations, Clusters of Nations, Continents, and Diversity, authors Martin J. Gannon and Rajnandini Pillai present the cultural metaphor as a method for understanding the cultural mindsets of individual nations, clusters of nations, continents, and diversity in each nation. A cultural metaphor is any activity, phenomenon, or institution that members of a given culture consider important and with which they identify emotionally and/or cognitively, such as the Japanese garden and American football. This cultural metaphoric approach identifies three to eight unique or distinctive features of each cultural metaphor and then discusses 34 national cultures in terms of these features. The book demonstrates how metaphors are guidelines to help outsiders quickly understand what members of a culture consider important.

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Information

Publisher
SAGE Publications, Inc
Year
2015
Print ISBN
9781483340074
eBook ISBN
9781483384894
Edition
6
Topic
Business
Subtopic
International Business
Index
Business

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Publisher Note
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright Page
  6. Brief Contents
  7. Detailed Contents Note: With the exception of Chapters 1, 29, and 38, the major subheadings in each chapter highlight each of the key features of the specific cultural metaphor, and each key feature is then used to illustrate how the cultural metaphor dynamically plays out in each national culture.
  8. Preface Understanding Cultures in Depth
  9. Acknowledgements
  10. Part I Introduction
  11. Chapter 1 Understanding Cultural Metaphors
  12. Part II Authority-Ranking Cultures
  13. Chapter 2 The Thai Kingdom
  14. Chapter 3 The Japanese Garden
  15. Chapter 4 Bedouin Jewelry and Saudi Arabia
  16. Chapter 5 Đòn Gánh The Two Sides of Vietnam
  17. Chapter 6 Kimchi and Korea
  18. Part III Scandinavian Egalitarian Cultures
  19. Chapter 7 The Swedish Stuga
  20. Chapter 8 The Finnish Sauna
  21. Chapter 9 The Danish Christmas Luncheon
  22. Part IV Other Egalitarian Cultures
  23. Chapter 10 The German Symphony
  24. Chapter 11 Irish Conversations
  25. Chapter 12 The Canadian Backpack and Flag
  26. Chapter 13 Australian Outdoor Recreational Activities
  27. Chapter 14 French Wine
  28. Part V Market-Pricing Cultures
  29. Chapter 15 American Football
  30. Chapter 16 The Traditional British House
  31. Part VI Cleft National Cultures
  32. Chapter 17 The Malaysian Balik Kampung
  33. Chapter 18 The Israeli Kibbutzim and Moshavim
  34. Chapter 19 The Italian Opera
  35. Chapter 20 Belgian Lace
  36. Part VII Torn National Cultures
  37. Chapter 21 The Mexican Fiesta
  38. Chapter 22 The Turkish Coffeehouse
  39. Part VIII The Base Culture and Its Diffusion Across Borders (Clusters of Nations): The Example of China
  40. Chapter 23 China’s Great Wall and Cross-Cultural Paradox
  41. Chapter 24 The Chinese Family Altar: The Expatriate Chinese Outside of China
  42. Chapter 25 The Singapore Hawker Centers
  43. Part IX India: Tradition, Modernity, and Diversity
  44. Chapter 26 India: The Dance of Shiva
  45. Chapter 27 India: A Kaleidoscope of Diversity
  46. Part X An African Perspective
  47. Chapter 28 The Nigerian Marketplace
  48. Chapter 29 South African Townships
  49. Chapter 30 The Sub-Saharan African Bush Taxi
  50. Part XI The Struggle for Cultural Identity and the Splintering of Nations: The Case of the Russian Empire
  51. Chapter 31 Russian Ballet
  52. Chapter 32 Estonian Singing
  53. Chapter 33 The Polish Village Church
  54. Part XII Same Metaphor, Different Meanings
  55. Chapter 34 The Spanish Bullfight
  56. Chapter 35 The Portuguese Bullfight
  57. Part XIII Popular Music as Cultural Metaphors
  58. Chapter 36 The Brazilian Samba
  59. Chapter 37 The Argentine Tango
  60. Part XIV Overlapping Cultural Metaphors for Geographically Related Nations
  61. Chapter 38 Cultural Metaphors for the Caribbean
  62. References
  63. Index
  64. About the Authors
  65. Publisher Note