Rooster in the Rice captures the excitement of living, studying, and working abroad. Between two cultures lies a nether world of edges, where the rules of neither culture dominate. This book presents sixty incidents of cross-cultural collisions and uses an ecological perspective to understand their causes and significance.
Rooster in the Rice captures the excitement of living, studying, and working abroad. Between two cultures lies a nether world of edges, where the rules of neither culture dominate. This book presents sixty incidents of cross-cultural collisions and uses an ecological perspective to understand their causes and significance.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
George Holmes Honadle, PhD, spent thirty years working with international organizations in 28 countries as an advisor on issues of sustainable development. He also studied abroad in Italy and Scotland at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Malawi, taught at six universities in the United States, and was a member of the Minnesota Roundtable on Sustainable Development. Honadle taught in the environmental studies program at the University of Cincinnati, where he was recognized as a faculty member who made a difference in students' lives. He is a graduate of Dickinson College, the University of Edinburgh, and Syracuse University.
Inhaltsangabe
Prologue: The Rooster in the Rice Preface Acknowledgments Introduction: The Land between Cultures Chapter I: Strangers in Distant Lands Chapter II: Food as a Key to Culture Chapter III: Interpreting Behavior Chapter IV: Behind the Image Chapter V: Managing Where Cultures Meet Chapter VI: Confrontation and Comfort Zones Chapter VII: Nature, Culture, and Language Chapter VIII: Proof and Perception Chapter IX: Other Edges in Motion Chapter X: Edges in Perspective Postscript: The Evolutionary Edge Appendix: Edging Forward: Why and How Strengthening the Liberal Arts and Global Study Can Help to Meet our Needs in the 21st Century Bibliography Index About the Author
Prologue: The Rooster in the Rice Preface Acknowledgments Introduction: The Land between Cultures Chapter I: Strangers in Distant Lands Chapter II: Food as a Key to Culture Chapter III: Interpreting Behavior Chapter IV: Behind the Image Chapter V: Managing Where Cultures Meet Chapter VI: Confrontation and Comfort Zones Chapter VII: Nature, Culture, and Language Chapter VIII: Proof and Perception Chapter IX: Other Edges in Motion Chapter X: Edges in Perspective Postscript: The Evolutionary Edge Appendix: Edging Forward: Why and How Strengthening the Liberal Arts and Global Study Can Help to Meet our Needs in the 21st Century Bibliography Index About the Author
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