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Index
Cover Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Contents
Acknowledgments
I. Introduction: Unpacking Your Cultural Baggage
II. What Is Culture?
1. The Iceberg
2. Matching Values and Behavior
3. Identifying Universal, Cultural, or Personal Behaviors
III. The Intercultural Perspective: Seeing through Others’ Eyes
4. In the Mind of the Beholder
5. D.I.E.: Description, Interpretation, Evaluation
6. Double-Loop Thinking: Seeing Two Perspectives
7. Decoding Cross-Cultural Dialogues
IV. Basic Distinctions in Intercultural Communication
8. Collectivism/Individualism
9. High-Context/Low-Context Cultures
10. Past/Present/Future Orientation
11. Indirect/Direct Styles of Communication
V. Examining Your Own Values
12. The Things We Say: Culture in Casual Expressions
13. Many Communities
14. How American Are You?
VI. Politeness Is Relative
15. Your Polite Is Different from My Polite
16. What’s Your Limit?
17. Advice Column
18. Rudeness Is Relative, Too
VII. Decoding Assumptions in Interpreting Situations
19. Translating between Direct and Indirect Styles
20. Medical Appointment
21. Job Interview
22. Administrative Hearing
VIII. Suggestions for Further Study
IX. Suggested Answers
X. Bibliography
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