George Holmes Honadle

Rooster in the Rice

An Ecological View of Life, Study, and Citizenship along Culture's Edges

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 234
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Juli 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 346g
• ISBN-13: 9780761861195
• ISBN-10: 076186119X
• Artikelnr.: 38419560

Autorenporträt

By George Holmes Honadle

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
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