Asian American Ethnicity and Communication / Edition 1

by William B. Gudykunst

Overview

This book examines Asian American ethnicity and communication, looking at: immigration patterns, ethnic institutions, family patterns, and ethnic and cultural identities. William Gudykunst focuses on how communication is similar and different among Chinese Americans, Filipino Americans, Japanese Americans, Korean Americans, and Vietnamese Americans. Where applicable, similarities and differences in communication between Asian Americans and European Americans are also examined. Gudykunst concludes with a discussion of the role of communication in Asian immigrants' acculturation to the United States.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761920427
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	10/17/2000
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

William B. Gudykunst (Ph.D., Minnesota, 1977) is Professor of Speech Communication at the College of Communications, California State University, Fullerton. Bill has written and edited numerous works for SAGE, including the Handbook of Intercultural and International Communication, 2/e, and Bridging Differences: Effective Intergroup Communication, 3/e as well as the best-selling introductory undergraduate texts Building Bridges: Interpersonal Skills for a Changing World (Houghton Mifflin) and Communicating with Strangers: An Approach to Intercultural Communication, 3/e (Mc Graw-Hill). He is extremely well known in the discipline and is one of its most prolific writers/scholars in the areas of intercultural communication and human communication theory.

Table of Contents

Communication and Ethnicity
Cultural Characteristics of Asian Cultures
Asian American Ethnic Groups
Ethnic and Cultural Identities
Asian American Communication Patterns
Communication and Acculturation

Editorial Reviews

For scholars and students of intercultural communication, Gudykunst (communications and Asian-American studies, U. of California- Fullerton) summarizes the characteristics of Asian cultures that influence Asian Americans' communication. Then he looks at Asian- American immigration patterns, ethnic institutions, and family patterns and at how ethnic and cultural identities influence their communication. He also considers the differences and similarities between Americans of various Asian background. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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