Communicating the Other Across Cultures: From Othering as Equipment for Living, to Communicating Other/Wise

by Dr. Julia Khrebtan-Hörhager

Whenever political and social decisions use categories of identity such as race, religion, social class, or nationality to distinguish groups of people, they risk holding certain groups as inferior and culturally "Other." When people employ ideologies of imperialism, colonialism, patriarchy, and classism, they position certain groups as superior or ideal/ized people. Such ideological positioning causes nations to take actions that isolate or endanger...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0472076523
• ISBN13: 9780472076529
• Release Date: November 2023
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press ELT
• Length: 348 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.1"