Intercultural mirrors : dynamic reconstruction of identity /

Intercultural Mirrors: Dynamic Reconstruction of Identity' contains (auto)ethnographic chapters and research-based explorations that uncover the ways our intercultural experiences influence our process of self-discovery and self-construction. The idea of intercultural mirrors is applied through...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Patron, Marie-Claire (Editor), Kraven, Julia (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill Sense, [2019]
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Expansion of self through intercultural experiences / Julia Kraven
  • 2. Hansel and Gretel revisited: quixotic reflections of online dating / Marie-Claire Patron
  • 3. Doni doni kononi danala: little by little the little bird builds its nest:: intercultural reflections: western travel in non-western culture / Alexandra Hoyt
  • 4. Migration and making sense of place: against a backdrop of negative media discourse about Africa / Peter Mbago Wakholi
  • 5. Mirror mirror: what culture am i?: using philosophy to reconstruct our images and cultural identities / Tom Frengos
  • 6. Spreading roots globally, losing roots locally: coming to terms with being an expat as an intercultural identity / Lucyann Kerry
  • 7. Barceloneta as heterotopic mirror: a place of different spaces / Tony McHugh
  • 8. Reflection and aspiration: mirrors and models in traditional European and Chinese thought / R. James Ferguson
  • 9. Becoming a person through intercultural communication: a white American's experiences in Asia and Africa / William Kelly
  • 10. Affect mirrors / Damian Cox
  • 11. List yourself: an autoethnography of intercultural identity / Donna Henson
  • 12. I'm so normal, i must be different / Taryn J. Mathis
  • 13. The decentred delegate: adapting identity within a Model United Nations learning environment / Dennis Harmon II and Mark Dinnen
  • 14. Scotland the brave? an exile's perspective on Scottish identity from abroad / Darren Swanson
  • 15. Intercultural mirrors and cultural humility: my journey as an educator / James Arvanitakis
  • 16. Cultural observations and a conversation about drawing by a wandering artist / Kristin Newton.