Gerry Philipsen is Associate Professor of Speech Communication at the University of Washington.

"This is the only book I know of written by a communication scholar which gives such detailed attention to two cultural communities and the patterns that distinguish them, but moreover abstracts from them in a theoretically provocative, enriching, insightful way. I think this book will be widely read. Philipsen's earlier work on Teamsterville is classic in the field of communication, and this book significantly advances that earlier work in a way which will be noticed." — Donal Carbaugh, University of Massachusetts

• PrefacePart One: Introduction 1. Speaking in Its Cultural ContextPart Two: Speaking in Teamsterville Culture 2. Place and Personae in Teamsterville Speaking3 Mayor Daley's Council SpeechPart Three: Speaking in Nacirema Culture 4. "Communication" as a Nacirema Way of Speaking (with Tamar Katriel)5. Joanna Kramer's Identity CrisisPart Four: Speech Codes 6. Speech Codes in Two Cultures7. Speaking CulturallyReferencesIndex

Gerry Philipsen is Associate Professor of Speech Communication at the University of Washington.

"This is the only book I know of written by a communication scholar which gives such detailed attention to two cultural communities and the patterns that distinguish them, but moreover abstracts from them in a theoretically provocative, enriching, insightful way. I think this book will be widely read. Philipsen's earlier work on Teamsterville is classic in the field of communication, and this book significantly advances that earlier work in a way which will be noticed." — Donal Carbaugh, University of Massachusetts

• PrefacePart One: Introduction 1. Speaking in Its Cultural ContextPart Two: Speaking in Teamsterville Culture 2. Place and Personae in Teamsterville Speaking3 Mayor Daley's Council SpeechPart Three: Speaking in Nacirema Culture 4. "Communication" as a Nacirema Way of Speaking (with Tamar Katriel)5. Joanna Kramer's Identity CrisisPart Four: Speech Codes 6. Speech Codes in Two Cultures7. Speaking CulturallyReferencesIndex