A Culture Building Approach to Intercultural Communication: Japanese Women in International Wives' Groups
Uchida, Aki
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Description
Title
A Culture Building Approach to Intercultural Communication: Japanese Women in International Wives' Groups
Author(s)
Uchida, Aki
Issue Date
1997
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
Kramarae, Cheris
Department of Study
Speech Communication
Discipline
Speech Communication
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Degree Level
Dissertation
Keyword(s)
Women's Studies
Language
eng
Abstract
Culture building does not occur in all intercultural communication situations. The Japanese women's accounts show that what they enjoyed, appreciated, and found special about the groups was the culture building talk, and that it was culture building intercultural communication that they wished to experience more. However, for the Japanese women, culture building and intercultural communication were intertwined with the problematics of speaking English, making the experience ambivalent and multifaceted.
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