Japanese Culture and Communication Critical Cultural Analysis

Name: Japanese Culture and Communication Critical Cultural Analysis
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ISBN: 9780761812494

ISBN-10: 0761812490

ISBN-13: 9780761812494

Edition: N/A

Authors: Ray T. Donahue

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Japanese Culture and Communication provides a cross-cultural training manual for interacting with the Japanese by considering the conceptual barriers involved, identifying the real differences related to communication and culture, and providing actual cases for developing critical cultural analysis. The author discusses Japan's distinctiveness as a country that appears both 'western' and 'eastern' yet actually developed its own unique tradition. He focuses on the perceptual barriers to effective intercultural relations, Japanese communication style, contrastive rhetoric or discourse between Japanese and English, and images of the Japanese in the mass media. Application exercises are…

Book details

List price: $85.99
Publisher: University Press of America, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/24/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 400
Size: 5.68" wide x 8.44" long x 1.19" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgments


Introduction: Rationale and Overview



Japan in World Perspective



Barriers to Cross-cultural Understanding



Double Standards



Misattribution and the Mysterious Orient(al) Schema



Stereotypes, Cultural Elitism and Racism



Japanese Communication Style



Aspects of Language and Society



Aspects of Language and Thought



Contrastive Rhetoric Between Japanese and English



Rhetorical Issues and Cross-cultural Communications



A Functional Analysis



A Further Inquiry



Images of the Japanese in the Mass Media



Culture Clashes Between Japanese and North American TV Newscasters



An Ultimate Case for Japan Bashing


Notes


References


Index


About the Author