Mediating Cultures

Parenting in Intercultural Contexts

Häftad, Engelska, 2014

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Beskrivning

This book explores the communication challenges faced by parents as they raise children who are bi-cultural, multi-cultural, or are adopted from a heritage other than the parents. Each contributor views the family as a site of intercultural dialogue and mediation, and uses compelling studies throughout to examine the parents who creatively balance cultural influences within their families. Using television depictions of parents on Modern Family and All-American Muslim to the everyday activities of mixed-ethnicity and international families, Mediating Cultures reports the communication strategies employed by the parents as they strive to create affirming relationships between children and their heritages. This collection brings together two largely separate literatures of family communication and intercultural communication studies with accessible yet context-driven studies to explain how families integrate multiple cultural heritages and perspectives.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2014-07-16
Mått:154 x 227 x 12 mm
Vikt:263 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:180
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9780739197707

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Alberto González is professor of media & communication at Bowling Green State University. Tina Maria Harris is professor of Speech Communication at the University of Georgia.

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With a few notable exceptions, cultural diversity has been overlooked and neglected in family communication literature. I am delighted to see the publication of Mediating Cultures, which focuses so clearly on filling this void. The chapters are all situated at the nexus of intercultural communication and family communication, and this is a welcome addition to the field.

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction: Parenting in Intercultural Contexts, Alberto González and Tina M. HarrisSection I: Interpersonal Settings and Intercultural ParentingChapter One: Digging (in) the Playground: (In)visibility of Difference in Multicultural Parenting, Natalia RybasChapter Two: Cultural Ambiguity, Ethnic Identity, and the Bicultural Experience:South Asian Indian Parents and their American-born Kids, Suchitra Shenoy and Tara A. KulkarniChapter Three: The Trouble With Family Stories, Melissa Aleman and Carlos AlemanChapter Four: How Caucasian Parents Communicate Identity to Chinese Adopted Daughters, May H. Gao and Deanna Womack Chapter Five: Black Parenting in The White House: The Emergence of an Intercultural Model, Kimberly MoffetSection II: Media, Social Networks and Intercultural Parenting Chapter Six: Islam in the Midwest: Parental Values in The Learning Channel’s All American Muslim, Souhad KahilChapter Seven: Googling “Latin@”: Using Technology to Construct Cultural Identity in a Bicultural Family, Jennifer Willis-RiveraChapter Eight: Like Tiger Mother, Like Tiger Daughter: A Content Analysis of Eastern and Western Parenting Styles, Chin-Chung (Joy) Chao and Dexin TianChapter Nine: We’re Not Like the Cleavers Any More!: Diversity and Parenting Communication in ABC’s Modern Family, Candice Thomas-Maddox and Nicole BlauEpilogue: The Future and Multicultural ParentingChapter Ten: “Dogmamis çocuga don biçmek”: Visions of a Multicultural Family, Ali E. Erol and Joris Gjata