Intercultural Communication: A Contextual Approach

by James W. Neuliep

[The book] is designed for college students taking their first course in intercultural communication. The purpose of the book is to introduce students to some of the fundamental topics, theories, concepts, and themes that are the center of the study of international communication. [The book] alerts the student to the importance and necessity of intercultural communication as we enter the dawn of the twenty-first century. [It] defines culture as an accumulated pattern of values, beliefs, and behaviors, shared by an identifiable group of people with a common history and verbal and nonverbal code system. [Then it] focuses on the microcultural context [and] environmental context ... examines the perceptual contexts of the interactions ... discusses the sociorelational context [and] the development of intercultural relationships.... Virtually all of the chapters in this book contain cultural conversations. -Pref.

Genres: School

381 pages, Paperback

First published December 12, 1991

Reviews

[Sakshi · Rating 2 out of 5]

Very basic Intercultural Communication, for beginner level students only. Not enough depth, unfortunately, to generate interest. Almost shocks you at times with the sweeping generalizations.

[Sara · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fairly well-written and easily understood textbook about intercultural communication. It gets a bit verbose at times where the same information gets restates in different ways (perhaps there was a minimum word count? 😆) and a few passages were a bit rambling and unclear, but mostly it was one of the most enjoyable textbooks I’ve encountered.

[Ross · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great read for my summer class! I learned a lot and appreciated all the dialogue from international students, the surveys helped me understand myself in new ways, and the ideas will help me improve my curriculum for College Speech, especially in the topics of multicultural communication, nonverbal communication and interpersonal communication.

[Jeihan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great book for my research this year

[Heidi]

Great book on Intercultural Communication- probably the first textbook I have ever enjoyed reading.