All rhetorics function within the dynamics of power. Hua Zhu proposes interconnectivity as a frame of power transformation. To theorize how this discursive order takes place, Zhu examines the enactment of interconnectivity in different sites, from ancient China to global contact zones and to contemporary writing classrooms.
All rhetorics function within the dynamics of power. Hua Zhu proposes interconnectivity as a frame of power transformation. To theorize how this discursive order takes place, Zhu examines the enactment of interconnectivity in different sites, from ancient China to global contact zones and to contemporary writing classrooms.
This textbook remains the definitive critical introduction to how we navigate cultural difference in everyday life. Now in its fifth edition, it presents a bold reworking of its core structure, offering ten streamlined chapters that challenge essentialist thinking and centre the lived, shifting realities of intercultural encounters.
This edited volume is grounded in the recognition that we are living in an age of disruption, evident on multiple fronts including rising global inequality, environmental degradation, war, the unchecked growth of generative AI, the mining of our attention by digital tech corporations and increasingly polarised political discourse.
As a result of transnational population flows and globalized media, intercultural communication is a daily occurrence. The contributions to this volume propose new ways of conceptualizing intercultural communication to suit contemporary multicultural and multilingual environments. This book was published as a special issue of the European Jo
This book offers a conceptual intervention for Language and Intercultural Communication studies by advocating for a critical interdiscursive approach to research on interculturality. This book will be of interest to scholars in intercultural communication, language education, identity theory, and philosophy of education.
This volume is a comprehensive exploration of the multifaceted relationship between humans and their environment. It delves into the intricate web of connections, influences, and reflections that shape our understanding and interaction with the world around us.