Metaphors of Identity

A Culture-Communication Dialogue

AvThomas K. Fitzgerald

Häftad, Engelska, 1993

Del i serien SUNY series, Human Communication Processes

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Beskrivning

Placing identity within its cultural context, Fitzgerald offers ethnographic case material to examine the meaning and changing metaphors of ethnicity, male and female identity, and aging and identity. He opens up an exciting multidisciplinary dialogue for improving interpersonal and cross-cultural communication. The book provides a clear synthesis of the interrelated meanings of culture, identity, and communication, examining self-concept and its role in the communication process, and exploring cultural and biological research on self, individuality, personality, and mind-body questions.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1993-09-14
Mått:152 x 229 x 17 mm
Vikt:426 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:SUNY series, Human Communication Processes
Antal sidor:264
Förlag:State University of New York Press
ISBN:9780791415962

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Mer om författaren

Thomas K. Fitzgerald is Professor at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro. He is co-author of Culture, Society and Guidance; and author of Education and Identity and Aspirations and Identity Among Second-Generation Cook Islanders in New Zealand.

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"Metaphors of Identity was a pleasure to read. It integrates a vast amount of material within a creative but solid framework, and is truly a holistic work of art. The case studies are well chosen and provide sufficient descriptive data to substantiate the theoretical claims of the author." — Carole E. Hill, Georgia State University

Innehållsförteckning

Foreword by George and Louise Spindler Acknowledgments 1. Conceptions of Identity in the Culture-Communication Dialogue Part I Culture as Communicable Knowledge: A Functional Model of Identity 2. Biology, Culture, and Communication 3. History, Culture, and the Concept of the Person 4. Culture, Identity, and Communication Part II Identity Topics in Social and Cultural Context: Communication Implications 5. Identity of Place or Mis-placed Identity: Media and Changing Metaphors of Ethnicity and Identity 6. Males in Transition: An Identity Challenge 7. Homophobia and the Cultural Construction of the Social Stranger 8. Metaphors and Scientific Discourse in Social Gerontology 9. Communication: Identity, Community, and Survival 10. Limits of Metaphor in the Culture-Communication Dialogue References Indexes