Carolyn Calloway-Thomas

Pamela J. Cooper

Cheri Simonds

"Intercultural Communication: A Text with Readings" provides a narrative approach to help students understand both the depth and breadth of intercultural communication. The text/reader combination provides students and instructors with the best of both worlds: the text material, written by the authors, presents the foundations of intercultural communication, while the narratives and readings provide interesting examples to help clarify ideas and principles. In this text, the authors Combine a text and reader in order to introduce students to research and theory, as well as their practical applications Use a narrative, storytelling approach to intercultural communication to make understanding key concepts easier and more interesting for students Begin each chapter with a narrative, usually written by one of the authors from a personal experience, to provide an engaging introduction to the chapter topic Conclude each chapter with readings to enhance the students' understanding of the material covered in the chapter Follow each reading with discussion questions and activities that guide the students to apply the intercultural experiences (" stories" ) of others in order to make sense of their own personal stories Offer a wide range of authors and topics to provide the reader with a thorough introduction to the field of study Praise for "Intercultural Communication" This is an exceptional book... [providing] an excellent presentation of both organizational communication theories and concepts, and pragmatic applications of these perspectives... . Please let me know when this book will be in print so that I may adopt it! -Sheryl D.Lidzy, "Murray State University" The best feature of the book is the authors' writing style. When they are explaining concepts... there is 100% clarity. -Victoria Leonard, "College of the Canyons" The case studies, the narrative approach, and the activities in the sections are all great strengths... -Bernardo Attias, "California State University, Northridge"

A Text with Readings

Intercultural Communication

John Louis Lucaites

"This stimulating book consists of nine essays—preceded by an instructive introduction and followed by a useful bibliography—[and] the authors not only show the effectiveness of King's rhetoric, but they also place each of his works in historical context." —Journal of American History "The essays range from windy city to thunder road, from temple to garbage truck, from judicious inferences drawn from a remarkable array of primary sources to worshipful scrutiny of oratorical text. Several authors stress the relative merit and impact of Dr. King's oral works. Students of King's thought, idiom, deficiencies, and triumphs should examine the insightful and provocative findings in this carefully edited book." —Georgia Historical Quarterly

Martin Luther King Jr. and the Sermonic Power of Public Discourse

Evidence of violence and hatred worldwide - from the bombing of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 to the war in Iraq to the recent war between Israel and Hezbollah - call special attention to the critical importance of empathy in human affairs. Only when we begin to understand more fully the workings of empathy do we begin to be able to make sense of what happens to humans on a global scale. In Empathy in a Global World, Carolyn Calloway-Thomas examines the nature and zones of empathy, exploring how an understanding of empathy shapes global talk and action. This text presents the foundations of empathy, the historical beginnings of empathy, and the global practices of empathy, all with an eye toward understanding how and why this important concept matters. This book explores how empathetic literacy is crucial in addressing intercultural issues; how it is needed in decision making; how it is communicated via the media; and how it affects global issues such as poverty and environmental diasters. Second, the book goes beyond existing knowledge on empathy and extends into the realms of media, global class issues, the world of NGOs, and natural disasters. As such, the book takes readers on a tour of empathyÆs nature, uses, practices and potentials in this manner. In this regard, the proposed book breaks new and compelling ground.Third, in its scope, the book exploits the disciplines of communication, black studies, education, history, cultural studies, media, philanthropy, psychology, religious studies, and sociology to bring fresh insights into the discourse, dynamics, patterns, and practices of empathy.

Carolyn Calloway-Thomas

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