TY - BOOK AU - Jandt, Fred Edmund. TI - An introduction to intercultural communication : : identities in a global community SN - 9781412914420 AV - GN345 .J36 2007 PY - 2007///. CY - Thousand Oaks PB - Sage Publications KW - Intercultural communication. KW - Intercultural communication KW - United States KW - Communication, International. N1 - Previous ed.: 2004.; Includes bibliographical references and index.; The dispute over defining culture -- Defining communication as an element of culture -- Culture's influence on perception -- Barriers to intercultural communication -- Nonverbal communication -- language as a barrier -- Dimensions of culture -- Dominant U.S. cultural patterns : using value orientation theory -- Comparative cultural patterns : Arab culture -- Women, families, and children -- Contact between cultures -- Immigration and acculturation -- Cultures in marginalization and separation and segregation -- Assimilation and integration -- Identity and subgroups. ER -